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Preserving Creative America: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

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(NOTE: This is a reprinted and updated article from our digitalpreservation.gov website.)

The motion picture industry is rapidly changing from film to digital media and within the next decade most movies will be shot, edited, distributed and projected digitally. Yet even as the industry embraces new technology, they may not be doing enough to archive their digital productions. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is working diligently to remedy the situation and save valuable digital works before they become permanently lost.