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August 3rd Members' Meeting - Transcript Available

Future of Archives in a Digital Age Round Table

Library Recently Expanded with Over 13,000 Videotapes

CNN Launches On Demand Service for Video Licensing Highlights HD Video Content, Improved Search

ITN Source, the world's leading provider of moving footage, has signed an exclusive international program clip archive representation deal with ITV Global Entertainment Ltd.

Legendary Newsreels Available Online

Britain on View, the image library of the UK's National Tourist Board, Visit Britain, today announces the launch of its brand new website at www.britainonview.com.

Stock Footage an introduction

Global ImageWorks announces it has been appointed the exclusive worldwide clip licensing representative of the iconic television show, Soul Train.

Rights & Clearances
A Practical Guide to Licensing and Clearances for producers, researchers and anyone who wants to understand the processes involved in using stock footage. What is the difference between Royalty Free and Managed Rights? Why does some footage cost more than "average"? When should I think about my stock footage needs? What's the difference between stock footage and content footage? Why is music clearance so difficult? DECISIONS, DECISIONS...

Millennium Digital Copyright Act - exemption granted for DVDs
On Monday of this week, the U.S. Copyright Office granted an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that many American documentary filmmakers have waited years to see. Whereas in the past it was illegal to break encryption on protected, commercially available DVDs for any purpose, with the new ruling from the Librarian of Congress made on recommendations from the Copyright Office, it is now legal for doc-makers, college and university professors, students of film and media studies and non-commercial video makers to circumvent the encryption in order to incorporate "short portions of motion pictures into new works for the purpose of criticism or comment." Extract from: Real Screen Summit Announcement - July 28th