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Room 04
The commercial layer — Criterion, Kino Lorber, the 1990s PD-DVD trade, colourisation claims, and Content ID.
5 pieces in this room · all five rooms
04.01First on the shelf
Examines how Criterion Collection and Kino Lorber build commercial releases around public-domain films — what protection they claim (new restoration, new supplementary material, new packaging), what they cannot claim, and why their releases coexist with free versions.
04.02On the shelf
Surveys the 1990s and 2000s market for public-domain film compilations on VHS and DVD — Mill Creek Entertainment, Alpha Video, and similar labels — and what that distribution wave meant for print quality and public awareness of the films involved..
04.03On the shelf
Examines whether a colourised version of a public-domain film can be separately protected, the Copyright Office's position on the question, and the Ted Turner colourisation controversy of the 1980s as a historical case.
04.04On the shelf
Describes YouTube's Content ID system and the documented pattern of public-domain film uploads being claimed by parties asserting rights in a particular print or restoration.
04.05On the shelf
Covers the Supreme Court's decision in Stewart v.