[QuadList] 15,000 hours of quad tape to be transfered

[DCFWTX at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/28/2009 6:23:07 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
dwnorwood at embarqmail.com writes:

> Here's a story that may lead to a lot of transfer work for someone. 
> Actually, I think it's about 50% quad and 50% 1".  If you click on the slide 
> 
> show advance, you'll see a pic of some of the stored tape.
> 
> http://www.charlotteobserver.com/597/story/567233.html
> 
> As far as I know from a few visits to the studio, PTL was always an RCA 
> shop, starting out with a TR-22 and later having a bunch of TR-70's.
> 
> I have an equipment inventory tag from an auctioned off piece of their 
> equipment.  Besides the usual item number, the tag reads "Property of GOD, 
> On Loan to PTL".  It was an "interesting" operation to say the 
> least...........
> 
> Don 
> 

In my opinion, before anyone has visions of grandeur, you must realize that 
intellectual property rights, music rights, appearance contracts, and all 
paperwork relating to each program, etc., must be 100% legally cleared before you 
can do anything. Lawyers would have to be involved and it might take years to 
determine what, if any, rights you have to use the images and sounds from those 
tapes. Otherwise, you may end up with only flanges and shipping containers 
you bought for several million dollars. 

Let's say that "big shot deep pockets" bought the whole collection, and wants 
you to transfer some tapes. If the legality of these tapes and tape ownership 
is not clearly defined, you must have some legal protection should the 
lawyers come after the facility or garage operation that transferred those tapes.

Something to think about...

David


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