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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

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Here is another article to toss on the Orphan Works reading list, "Out of Fear, Colleges Lock Books and Images Away From Scholars":

There are a lot of old movies and TV shows that are lost forever. One of the interesting stories about film restoration was the story about the restoration of a couple of John Wayne flicks, The High and The Mighty and Island in the Sky. Apparently, because of copyright issues, there were only a couple of copies in a film vault, and because of water damage and a lost reel, the movie was almost lost and it took a lot of time and effort to piece together a restored version.