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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2364298" data-attributes="member: 14159">Lucasfilm wouldn't have to approve, or use their copies.&nbsp; His descendants could even explicitly disapprove.&nbsp;&nbsp; The key word there is &quot;decent&quot;, in the next 68 years we will have to see about what happens in the field of digital restoration.&nbsp; I know that the Library of Congress keeps copies of the original movies on file in very controlled archival conditions.&nbsp; Lucas wanted them to dispose of them and replace them with Special Editions when they came out , claiming that they were the only valid editions now, but the LoC told him no way.Once copyright is expired, any company (or private citizen) could use archival copies to create new copies that can be released freely.&nbsp; Just like anybody can print a copy of the works of Shakespeare, without needing approval from his estate, one day in the future anybody will be able to encode a copy of the Star Wars movies without permission of Lucasfilm, we've just got to wait about another 70 years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 2364298, member: 14159"] Lucasfilm wouldn't have to approve, or use their copies. His descendants could even explicitly disapprove. The key word there is "decent", in the next 68 years we will have to see about what happens in the field of digital restoration. I know that the Library of Congress keeps copies of the original movies on file in very controlled archival conditions. Lucas wanted them to dispose of them and replace them with Special Editions when they came out , claiming that they were the only valid editions now, but the LoC told him no way. Once copyright is expired, any company (or private citizen) could use archival copies to create new copies that can be released freely. Just like anybody can print a copy of the works of Shakespeare, without needing approval from his estate, one day in the future anybody will be able to encode a copy of the Star Wars movies without permission of Lucasfilm, we've just got to wait about another 70 years. [/QUOTE]

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