Originally posted by: zombie84
Owning a 35mm print is legal.
I suspect it might be about as legal to own a copy of Star Wars on 35mm film as it is to own a copy of the timecoded workprint of RotS (as most of us probably do).
Owning a 35mm print is legal.
I suspect it might be about as legal to own a copy of Star Wars on 35mm film as it is to own a copy of the timecoded workprint of RotS (as most of us probably do).
Scanning a private print is legal.
You scanning your own private print might be legal (might not be, too), but getting anyone else to scan it for you is definitely not.
Just as owning a laserdisk is legal and digitizing a laserdisk is legal. There is nothing at all unique about this situation at all other than it is on a different format. VHS, laserdisk, DVD...35mm film. You scanning your own private print might be legal (might not be, too), but getting anyone else to scan it for you is definitely not.
Not true. VHS, laserdisc, DVD -- all made available for sale to the public. 35mm film -- never available for sale.
I agree that if you happened to have a legal print of some film and wanted to scan it yourself, I'm pretty sure most copyright regimes would allow you to do so under fair use/fair dealing provisions. However, I'm not at all convinced the same holds true for copyrighted material you've... obtained... and want to have someone else scan for you.