EU Copyright clearance guide for AV

Via EFG

In order to bring archival materials held in film archives online
and giving access to them, rights clearing is a central topic in the
framework of the EFG project. EYE Film Institute, EFG
project partner, has established Guidelines for Copyright
Clearance and IPR Management.
The report includes:
- an overview of legal frameworks in EU countries for the film sector
- guidelines how to successfully clear rights related to film works
- copyright basics (moral rights vs. exploitation rights, orphan works etc)
- diligent search guidelines for rights holders

Link to the .pdf here

Hey Presto!

The Presto Prime conference "Screening the Future 2011" takes place in Amsterdam Monday 14 - Tuesday 15 March.

It covers such topics as

What are we preserving?
How can we fund our future?
Where to archives meet IT?
How can we valorise our archives?

and hosts masterclasses on

introduction in digital av preservation technologies and tools
public private partnerships and alternative funding
preservation scenario planning and understanding costs
use and impact of external channels e.g. YouTube and Europeana

The Presto Centre will be launched at the conference.

There's a substantial discount if you register before 1 February.

Danish Film History

A very useful and interesting chronology, in English, of Danish film history is available on the dfi.dk website.

Europeana Strategy

The Europeana Strategic Plan for 2011-2015 has been published.

On reflection

Via EFG

The report of the Comité des Sages (high-level reflection group)
on Digitisation of Europe's cultural heritage was delivered on
10 January to the European Commission.
The outlined recommenations stress the importance of Europeana
as the central reference point for Europe's online cultural heritage.
Member States must ensure that all material digitised with public
funding is available on the site, and bring all their public domain
masterpieces into Europeana by 2016.

Press release here

JTS 2010 proceedings

The proceedings of the 2010 Joint Technical Symposium (.ppt amd .mp3 files) are now available.

Corrick Collection

Beautiful early films made in Britain, France and Australia in the
Corrick Collection at the NFSA.