[BC] Copyright and royalties and archives

[Xen Scott]

At 04:45 PM 11/19/05 -0600, Randy Shaffer wrote:
>Xen wrote -
> > I have a large quantity of 1/4" open reel tapes that I have
> >recorded over the years for my personal use...  I'm only trying
> >to protect against the loss of access to the archival material
> >because of the difficulty of maintaining old tape machines.
>(snip)
>
>I have been thinking about doing this too, but can't imagine starting it 
>considering the number of cassettes, carts and R-R I own. I thought it 
>might be something I do in retirement 20 years from now. But, will my 
>machines still operate then.

I'd get started now while you still have access to the equipment 
resources.  I made videotape
dubs to 3/4 and VHS, figuring I'd be able to play one or both after I 
retired.  I was pretty
certain I wouldn't have access to professional format videotape machines in 
retirement and I was
correct.  For audio, I still have a working semi-pro 1/4" open reel machine 
and a couple of audio
cassette decks.

>One question is, do you retain your transferred originals?

I kept the original tapes only as long as I had access to equipment that 
would play them.
I think I have one two inch VTR that didn't get tossed and maybe a couple 
of 3/4 inch
tapes, but that's mostly because they were buried in basement storage and 
got transported
with everything else in my last house move.

Xen