From: Thomas C. Christensen DFI <ThomasC@dfi.dk>
Date: Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 4:37 AM
Subject: SV: Danish silent film and public domain
To: Scott Lord <scottlordnovelist@gmail.com>
Dear Scott
Thank you for your kind words, it is always great to hear from enthusiasts of Danish silent films.
You will probably be interested to know that we hope to upgrade our efforts to put Danish silent cinema online.
We do not know yet exactly how. We have documentary films displayed here: www.danmarkpaafilm.dk and I hope we will have a similar solution for our silent fiction, where there is no geo-blocking and possibility of making clips and embedding footage.
Probably we are still talking a year or more from now before the website is up and running, but do stay tuned. I am sure you already know our online database and our online journal:
https://www.dfi.dk/en/english/danish-film-history
https://www.kosmorama.org/kosmorama/en
All the best,
Thomas
Thomas Christensen, Museumsinspektør / Curator
Det Danske Filminstitut / Danish Film Institute
Phone +45 3374 3576
Fax +45 3374 3403
Fra: Scott Lord <scottlordnovelist@gmail.com>
Sendt: 12. september 2018 08:09
Til: Thomas C. Christensen DFI <ThomasC@dfi.dk>
Emne: Re: Danish silent film and public domain
Dear Mr. Christensen,
I am very honored to have received your letter in that I have read your writing on Danish Silent Film. As you know Nordisk exported the films of Viggo Larsen to the United States when Ole Olsen was president and I have a webpage on the subject using advertisements from American magazines from that period.
I was also fortunate to take a class on Scandinavian Film online offered by the University of Copenhagen which covered the film of Carl Th Dreyer.
I will look through the academic databases again for your papers on silent Film.
Thank you for your kind letter and I know how busy you are,
Scott Lord
Cambridge, Massachusetts
United States
On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 6:57 AM Thomas C. Christensen DFI <ThomasC@dfi.dk> wrote:
Dear Scott
The films show our logo, because we have digitized and or restored the film and own the physical material.
Copyright needs to be determined on a title by title basis, since the director is not the only right holder to a film. All right holders must be expired for a film to be Public Domain.
Holger-Madsen died in 1943, and since the protection term is 70 years after death, his rights have expired 1 January 2014.
Creative Commons (CC) is not the correct rights designation for a Public Domain (PD) film, since (CC) indicates rights still exist and right holder has given permission under a (CC) license. For Public Domain films, (PD) would be the right tag. No matter what, whoever shows a film publicly is liable in respect to possible copyright claims. This is also why we are cautious as to both crediting ourselves and not allowing free use, since we are only willing to be liable for our own use, and not use that we have no control over.
I hope this answers at least some of your question.
Best regards,
Thomas Christensen, Museumsinspektør / Curator
Det Danske Filminstitut / Danish Film Institute
Phone +45 3374 3576
Fax +45 3374 3403
Fra: Filmdatabasen
Sendt: 10. september 2018 11:02
Til: Thomas C. Christensen DFI <ThomasC@dfi.dk>
Emne: VS: Danish silent film and public domain
Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
Maria Knude Oldhøj Nielsen
Formidlings- og projektmedarbejder / Publications and project officer
Arkiver & Digitalisering / Archives & Digitisation
Direkte telefon / Direct phone + 45 3374 3589
Det Danske Filminstitut / Danish Film Institute
Fra: Scott Lord <scottlordnovelist@gmail.com>
Sendt: 10. september 2018 04:53
Til: Filmdatabasen <filmdatabasen@dfi.dk>
Emne: Danish silent film and public domain
Webpages Fromm the United States list certain films made in Denmark as being in the public domain, that is to say out of copyright. The digital copies sometimes show a DFI logo.
Are the films of Holger-Madden in the public domain and can they be shown on a webpage under a Creative Commons license in the United States?
Thank you?
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