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not really sure how that's a cultural mispractice(its just the way the copyright laws work), or what it has to do with altering classic literature. 

This person can make this fan editted version of Huck Finn because the work entered the public domain, the purpose of the public domain is to allow people to interact with culture.  Copyright used to be 14 years, it's now life+70 or 95 years.  (and ever expanding)  People are surrounded by culture, but with the current copyright regime, they have been denied the ability to freely interact with works because nothing enters the public domain.

This Huck Finn is not censorship.  Huck Finn is public domain, go print out your own copy. 

Here's a copy of the 1st American edition 1885:

http://www.archive.org/details/adventureshuckle00twaiiala

Go crazy, find/replace anything you want.  Stick it up your blog.

Denying the public from freely interacting with thousands of works seems like a massive cultural mispractice to me.  Just because it is the way it is, doesn't mean it's also not productive.

a.b.sw "97SE - "Starwars-4.5.6.AC3.5.1.WS.LaserDisc.Xvid" - Mallwalker - summer 2010

Yeah it seems that no one active has the Flunk DVDs, but the Xvids live on for now.

Here are the Prequel Trilogy Library of Congress Records:

1999 - The Phantom Menace
http://lccn.loc.gov/99468631

Acquisition Source: Received: 6/1/1999; viewing print ; copyright deposit--RNR; Copyright Collection.

2002 - Attack of the Clones
http://lccn.loc.gov/2002636427

Acquisition Source: Received: 6-14-2002; viewing print; copyright deposit--RNR; Copyright Collection.

2005 - Revenge of the Sith
http://lccn.loc.gov/2005644161

Acquisition Source: Received: 6/15/2005; viewing print; copyright deposit--RNR; Copyright Collection.

So for TPM and AotC, the variations between the film and digital opening day projections are not archived.

2008 - The Clone Wars
http://lccn.loc.gov/2008636030

Acquisition Source: Received: 2008-09-30; viewing print; copyright deposit; Copyright Collection.

Yeah the LoC archives moved to Y/M/D records.

*Edit*

Can't seem to locate the 2004 & 2006 DVD sets...  If you want to give it a shot: http://catalog.loc.gov/

Here are the Special Edition Library of Congress records:

1997 - Star Wars A New Hope Special Edition
http://lccn.loc.gov/97510343

Acquisition Source:    Received: 4-1-1997; viewing print; copyright deposit--RNR; Copyright Collection.

1997 - Empire Strikes Back Special Edition
http://lccn.loc.gov/98502262

Acquisition Source:    Received: 3/17/97; ref print; copyright deposit--RNR; Copyright Collection.

1997 - Return of the Jedi Special Edition
http://lccn.loc.gov/2006642053

Acquisition Source:    Received: 5/23/1997; viewing print; copyright deposit--RNR; Copyright Collection.

Weird that ESB was submitted first.  But it was the least modified.

Expanding on what Fang Zei started, here are the Library of Congress record pages for the Original Trilogy - Opening Day.  There's other info, so check the full link, but i've copied out the 'Acquisition Source' these are the archived 'Registry' versions.

1977 - Star Wars
http://lccn.loc.gov/96512247

Acquisition Source:    Received: 7/8/83; viewing copies (copy 1 and 2); purchase, purchase order no. 0124319; LC Purchase Collection.
Received: 11/88; viewing copy (copy 3); purchase; LC Purchase Collection.
Received: ca. 1983 or 1984; viewing copy; purchase; LC Purchase Collection.
Received: 3/28/78; ref print; copyright deposit--advanced selection; Copyright Collection.
Received: 6/19/79; ref print (FGD 5534-5539); copyright deposit--no agreement; Copyright Collection.

I haven't done an exhaustive search yet so this is just the first 'Star Wars' film version which i've stumbled upon.  As mentioned by LexX, the Library of Congress might not have the 'First Published' version of Star Wars the 70mm.  From this record the 'First Published' is 1978, possibly a 35mm print from the theater run.  Then another print from 79, and some of the laserdiscs and CED versions.  But before getting excited they have a large database, others need to poke around for records.

1980 - Empire Strikes Back
http://lccn.loc.gov/96512208

Acquisition Source:    Received: 11/1988; viewing copy; purchase; LC Purchase Collection.
Received: 10/9/1980; viewing print; copyright deposit--no agreement; Copyright Collection.

This 1980's version again probably submitted after the theater run, is 35mm and contains the additional scenes not found in the opening day 70mm version.  (see pg.333 of 'the making of ESB' book)  Mr. Leggett mentioned that although the film was selected to the Archives, they have not asked CBS/Fox/Lucasfilm yet for the new print.  We'll have to wait until the summer and ask about what they received.

1983 - Return of the Jedi
http://lccn.loc.gov/96501520

Acquisition Source:    Received: 11/7/91; viewing copy; purchase, purchase order no. 172525; LC Purchase Collection.
Received: 6/15/83; ref print; copyright deposit--no agreement; Copyright Collection.

A few months after release, again probably a theater copy.  Don't know enough about the last minute production to know if there might be changes from the 70mm for RotJ.  Was there a 70mm RotJ?

In other cultural mispractice:

http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/pre1976

Go check out the list -->

http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/pre1976

Source: Flunk 97SE ESB XviD

Where's luke lightsaber go... ^

Very retro cover, it fits the era, 80s pastels palette.  I'd add in "Found in Qatar" after the description you've got.  I'm amazed at the travel history of this version.  Are the screen caps from the transfer?

Video Collector wrote:

It would seem I've hijacked this thread completely. I will start a separate thread about the bootlegs if anyone calls for it.

Don't mind the hijacking, you've given the thread some life so it's fine if it plummets for a time.  Makes sense to have either a thread for each title or a general one for your collection.  Take it up with Mothr.  He should be able to either clone the posts or move them from this thread into one you create.

It has the annoying knack of pausing the recording whenever the image goes out of synch (tracking, or tape damage), missing out on a few frames here and there. You'll notice the "Nerfherder" rant being cut off mid-sentence.

Don't know beta, but with VHS players allow you to relocate the tracking.  I'll record the whole tape using the default tracking, then see where it goes off, and play with the tracking to find a level where the error parts do play well.  (often the video will play nice but the audio will go out)  so then you've got to pick and chose the best of the results.  Not super critical but if you'd like to remove the missing bits, that's a fairly easy way.  But it's time consuming.  and will only fix the trackable errors.  Tape damage requires some real science.

kudo for the 'Glorious Betamax'.

http://www.banned-books.com/

What's better... getting a copy of this book from the library and reinserting the modified terminology or going up to whom ever takes the book out and read out loud the original version as they go to their car?

So what topic (blast from the past) will hj28 bring up next?

I'm going with either a Padme/Portman or Jar-Jar rant.  Maybe a model is better then computer bit... or George is the anti-christ.  and I think he'll bring up the video where Han watches the DS blow up.

zombie wrote:

As much as reading that gave me a headache I am actually kind of curious where he got that understanding from. Is there some young earth creationism school of thought for home video now or something?

*waves hand*

Unintended consequence of the 2006 dvds.

*waxes off*

You didn't know... but the 1997 Special Edition was actually a higher resolution shot for shot remake with noise enhancing algorithmic equazional equalization THX certified digital-photo-chemical audio enhancements.  No just on the pixel level but the quantum micro-pixel level.  They actually manipulated the quarks in 'The Star Wars' in the 3 Mile Inlet Collider.  I heard, this is all speculative, but they projected the quarks from the 70mm through the 35mm digital enhancements to create this new intra-poso-neg 3Mega 4High 5Def, which is supposedly a whoapping (yes whoapping) 42bX97.3b pixel in quad dimensions.  The MMO will be out last tuesday.

but you might know the other... smaller story, Ontrack Betting in the Dagobagian Dryland.  Sure you've been following along.

Which 97SE source is being used for the comparisons?

Thanks for the post, this is a nice look into the tensions post SW. Dykstra's loyalties to Trumbell and Universal against the allegiances with ILM and Lucas. Dykstra lays out his apprehension towards the type of film he just worked on. Silent Runnings had a larger moral while SW was this feel fun fest. Also possibly viewed as the harder Sci-Fi verse Fantasy conflict. Nowadays that whole middle quarrel would never have made print. Great to see full transcripts.

The shooting date of the Making of SW special is good to know.

Identifying similaries between the separations from the LFL camp by Dykstra and Kurtz might make for a good article. Both have money as the over arching factor, but their comments could point to some other issue.

*EDIT*

going through Dkystra's wiki entry, now know that all of the American Cinematographer SW articles are online:

http://www.theasc.com/magazine/starwars/index.html

Here's some other bits which I had forgotten/missed when discussing the Library of Congress issue.  Mr. Leggett got back to me today as well, since when signing up for the press section, I had asked a little bit about the ESB issue.  He wrote back with a similar statement that zombie received, and after asking a few more questions here's the gist.

Should have realized this earlier (since I did it...) but when you register a copyrighted work with the Library of Congress, typically you submit two copies.  So since we are discussing a high profile films, all versions of SW most likely have two copies submitted, shortly before or after release.  (he mentioned that pre-print versions are on occasion submitted for movies, but mostly it's 35mm, and from the era of the OT sometimes films which were in theaters.)  Deposit information we should all be able to get using their online search system:

http://catalog.loc.gov/

(i'll try to track down the actual records tomorrow)  These deposit copies are records so that if a lawsuit does come about, the Library of Congress version can be used as reference, and they are available for on-site research purposes.

The National Film Registry is in some ways like a back-up for 'the best', at the time of inclusion they return to the creator or company and ask for a new print.

The clips online in the press room have no relation to the archived material, they were just whatever could be quickly gathered.  So the Yoda clip doesn't mean anything.

http://clubjade.net/?p=24955 speculates that some of the SW MMO will be playable on the next Panasonic portable gaming device.

Don't know specifically, but NYU's film school or the Film Anthology Archives come to mind.

http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/

http://filmtv.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html

The other option is contacting USC's archives and they might know other locations which have the films or if they might be shown outside the school.

...no, there's anothe  Who am I kidding, there's no hope to be found around these parts.

If worse comes to worse we'll go papercraft 3D HD VHS:

US Government works at their own speed.  The FOIA requests I sent took between 3-5 months.  And even worse i'm in the process of getting my DVD into the Library of Congress and we're still ongoing just passed 21 months, but they did get back to me in month 20, so at least I know it's in the pipeline.  The problem your going to run into is, even though this contact is the point person, they might not have access to the info you're requesting, so it gets passed down the chain.  Via Bureaucracy.  What was the letter you wrote.  Might toss another on their pile from my own hand.  Was trying to determine what were the quickest ways for them to identify what they've got, if they are able to handle the merchandise.  SW is easy, check out the crawl.   Don't know the ESB reel changes well enough to identify a scene they could visibly identify without unrolling too much reel.  But the idea of them looking at the actual reels, seems farfetched.  Wonder if they are allowed to photograph the cases....

msycamore wrote:

Isn't the pan from Jabba to Han just an issue of missing frames in the GOUT? It sure looks like the splitscreen isn't perfectly lined up in that one, check the leaf the Jawa is holding.

That make sense.  Watching it a few times now it looks like when the subtitles kick in, there's repeat frames.  Checked the GermanHD and it's doesn't happen there.

BBC3 - Pixar: 25 Magic Moments

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x9cdm

Through 25 key moments, this programme takes a look at the highs and lows of the multi award-winning animation studio Pixar as it celebrates its 25th birthday, and discovers the secrets of how to make a Pixar movie. With unique access to Pixar HQ and the creative team, it features memorable moments from hits such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc, as well as exclusive interviews with Billy Crystal, Tim Allen, Holly Hunter, Kelsey Grammer, Michael Keaton, George Lucas and others.

via:TF.n

Yup same: 'Video Not Found ____ StarWars.mp4' error here as well.

Here's some possible changes from RotJ:

Captures are full res from the WG HD Splits, so not embedded since it would take a while to load.  Times are approximate from again the WG timecode not the movie.

The first shot of 3po and R2, seems like sky replacement.  The next shot in the sequence is significantly bluer in the 83 version.

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7591/swchangesrotj000000.jpg

09:21 - you all mentioned the Emperor Hologram in ESB, Luke in RotJ might have a similar issue.  The horizontal bars look like they are there in the shirt but the face ones have been obliterated.  09:32, Luke's belt. 09:59

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/7420/swchangesrotj000921.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/9687/swchangesrotj000932.jpg

http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/9965/swchangesrotj000959.jpg

10:28 - The pan from Jabba to Han carbonite has been maniuplated:

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3553/swchangesrotj001028.jpg

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/791/swchangesrotj001028a.jpg

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/996/swchangesrotj001028b.jpg

45:24 - does it look like Yoda begins to fade a few frames later?  or is it just the colors throwing me off.