Patrick Loughney (George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, USA) Patrick Loughney, representing the George Eastman House of Rochester, New York in the United States, made the proposal for a FIAF Declaration on Fair Use and Access. The Declaration will be one of the major topics considered for discussion at the F.I.A.F. Congress to be held in Paris in 2008.

 

 

 

 

FIAF Fair Use and Access Declaration Presently, film archives around the world are agonized over the problem of not being able to legally exhibit their entire film collections, especially their films which have been donated to them. There is a proprosal, however, which aims to resolve this issue whereby FIAF takes the initiative to win the understanding of government and respective film industries of the world to allow FIAF affiliate film archives to freely exhibit their entire collection but only within their premises.This concept is the "FIAF Declaration on Fair Use and Access!".