ANTHONY MARSH SAID:
You say that the Sixth Floor Museum paid the $16M for the Zapruder film? I thought it was the US government that paid the $16M.
DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
The U.S. Government forked over the cash to the Zapruder family. But then the Zapruder family donated the official copyright of the film to the Sixth Floor Museum in 1999.
Quoting from the Sixth Floor website:
"After being compensated by the U.S. government, the [Zapruder] family donated copies of the film and color transparencies of each frame, as well as the film's copyright, to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in 1999."
DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
Upon further reflection on this.....Since the Sixth Floor Museum obtained the official copyright for the Z-Film a few years ago, perhaps that enters into the equation for why PBS won't show it on its "Frontline" website in the LHO documentary. The Sixth Floor is very protective of its copyrighted material.
Of course, the Z-Film is floating around many, many other Internet websites. So whether the Sixth Floor copyright has anything to do with it or not, I really haven't the foggiest. I'm just guessing.
ANTHONY MARSH SAID:
Protective? To the point of cover-up?
DAVID VON PEIN SAID:
No. Protective to the point of protecting their copyrighted material. Why is that such a shock to you?
David Von Pein
March 6, 2009
