kmhess writes “Wired reports it’s Bleary Days for Eyes on the Prize
Eyes on the Prize, the landmark documentary on the civil rights movement, can no longer be broadcast or sold new in the United States. It’s illegal, because the rights to certain archival footage used in the film have expired.
Securing clearance rights to archival footage is a growing problem for independent filmmakers — and documentary filmmakers in particular. Filmmakers must pay for the rights to use every song, photograph or video clip included in the film. Since many documentary films are made with small budgets, filmmakers often can only afford to buy rights for a limited amount of time. That leaves many filmmakers essentially renting footage, and rendering their work unusable after a certain number of years unless they can find more funding to clear the rights again.
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