doubleofive wrote:

How does the LOC having the movie preserve it anyway if I can't go watch it?

Their idea of preservation at the moment is the right climate controlled conditions so that the films will exist when copyright expires. So that some future generation a company/organization will ask the library to reproduce the work for profit or non-profit. Copyright gives a window for the creator to reap the benefits of their work. From a discussion of this in another forum, if George lives to 97, in 2111 Star Wars will go Public Domain. 100 years. Happy Copyright everyone. yeeha.