A statement on “free” digitisation in archives.
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Since late 2019, FIAT/IFTA has been informed that several European television archives – members and non-members of FIAT/IFTA – have received proposals to have certain video cassette formats from their archives digitised / migrated by a third party. It was emphasized that this digitisation would be free of charge.
Several members have asked the FIAT/IFTA Preservation and Migration Commission to advise on such proposal. Members of the Commission, each of them recognised global experts in the field of audiovisual digitisation, have studied a document in which a provider of such “free” digitisation sets out the technical proposal and its terms and conditions. Based on their conclusions, the Commission has developed an advice in response.
A short version of this advice can be found below. A longer version of it can be obtained upon simple request, contacting office@fiatifta.org.
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