[game_preservation] iPhone Game Preservation

[Jerome McDonough]

On Jul 29, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Andrew Armstrong wrote:


> And the question "what is worth preserving from whatever  

> standpoint", well, tough call. Cut film, deleted scenes, alternative  

> angles and shots - knowing how the editing, filming, B-reels,  

> outtakes, repeated shots, storyboard shoots, test shots, location  

> finding, film dailys, camera setup and repeated takes all went is,  

> for those interested in making films, and critics too, I am sure is  

> highly useful if available - although a massive amount of material  

> to store raw. At least as you said with DVD's and bonus content,  

> this is being retained more often. Possibly one way around that is  

> to not store it as perfect quality, which can easily lower it into  

> GB's instead of TB's. :)

>


Bad news on commercial video DVDs.  They use CSS (Content Scrambling  
System) to encrypt content as a technological protection measure.  It  
is easily defeated by a variety of existing tools, BUT, there is no  
exemption for defeating CSS under the DMCA in effect at the moment.   
Any library copying a DVD for preservation purposes is violating the  
law.  So, the only thing you can do if a copy you own goes bad is buy  
another one.  If there isn't one to buy ... tough luck.  Yet another  
reason to focus on the assets before they are packaged up for  
commercial release.


Jerome McDonough, Asst. Professor
Graduate School of Library & Information Science
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
501 E. Daniel Street, Room 202
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 244-5916
jmcdonou at uiuc.edu





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