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<DIV>Since I have not worked with tape in a number of years, I will give my
thoughts on what I have seen in the past. My biggest thing was when
the binder broke down and the oxide came off the tape. That is what I used
as the failure mode for a video tape. I saw a few other things such as
excessive dropouts or the binder being cracked by being played before the tape
had warmed up to room temperature. There were other things that were minor
but these were the two biggest things that I have experienced as to tape break
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<DIV>I understand that there are others but none that I have experienced.</DIV>
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<DIV>Chris Hill</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/12/2011 2:27:22 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
walterforsberg@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Hello
All-<BR><BR>Just wondering what the group's thoughts were on what constituted
"deterioration" of videotape.<BR><BR>Obviously, this term is a super-vague
one, yet one that the Copyright Law employs to qualify exemption for
duplication-without-permission under Section 108 (c). The existentialist in me
would like to say that all videotape is deteriorating from the point of
inception, aka "we're ALL dying from the moment we're born," but this
all-encompassing definition doesn't make a good legal argument. (I've been
told by lawyers that this is called an argument weakened by
"over-determination.")<BR><BR>So, what things can we point to as hard evidence
of "deterioration"? Dropout may have been original to the recording process,
but maybe also a symptom of shedding. Storage conditions may have not been
ideal, or in keeping with IPI temp. & humidity standards, yet if a large
number of tapes were stored in the same bad conditions, how could one
determine deterioration without a control tape perfectly stored for the same
amount of time? <BR><BR>Any comments on what is undeniable evidence of
"deterioration," other than, say a tape being melted? Is there anyone out
there with a Magic Bullet?<BR><BR>Thanks in advance,<BR>Walter
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