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Poster:	fleabag2	Date:	September 22, 2010 01:54:55pm
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Very importaint question.

Why isn't the Fritz Lang film "Metropolis" in this archive?

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Poster:	Blade_Runner	Date:	September 22, 2010 02:10:50pm
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Very importaint question.

I've heard that its status keeps changing. Although the latest news I've heard is that if a copy is unrestored then would be considered to be PD.

About a month or two ago someone uploaded a copy, but it was rightly taken down because it was the FW Murnau Foundation restored print put out on DVD by Kino In North Anerica.

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Poster:	fleabag2	Date:	September 22, 2010 02:25:34pm
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Very importaint question.

Thank you Very much.

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Poster:	Mystic550	Date:	September 22, 2010 03:05:30pm
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Very importaint question.

According to Video Cellar in this post mere restoration is not copyrightable.
http://www.archive.org/post/267078/those-watermarks-where-video-sources-are-defaced-by-them

It's the addition of new creative elements such as much music or title cards in the case of silent films that can be copyrighted. In the case of the restored version it does have new music and new title cards. Also at the bottom of the post he stated if you remove these new copyrighted elements then you are left with public domain.

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Poster:	billbarstad	Date:	September 22, 2010 05:27:29pm
Forum:	feature_films	Subject:	Re: Very importaint question.

Restoration of film, frame by frame, is also considered creative work. See this post.