Stinky-Dinkins wrote: So, this will never be released to the general public?
If GL tomorrow says all preservations do not violate his copyright, then we would await what MVerta says next. The same issue applies to the date when the period of copyright protection ends for these movies, on that date, anyone who is sitting on a project like this has the opportunity to come forward.
In the mean time, this an opportunity to listen to someone going through the same process other people on this forum will probably also attempt.