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For a born-digital feature, what do film archives and the Library of Congress say should be deposited: DSM, DCDM or an unencrypted DCP?

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FIAF's Technical Commission (2010) accepts only a DCDM or an unencrypted DCP for long-term preservation: the DCDM is ideal but may never exist as a complete set, while the unencrypted DCP is lossy but shows the work exactly as audiences saw it. FIAF's 2019 survey counted unencrypted DCP deposit at 9 archives and DCDM at 7, and LoC's 2025-2026 RFS prefers an unencrypted interop DCP for motion pictures, asking depositors to contact it about DCDM/DSM. Curator qualifications: Documents read 2026-10-22; no package or file inspected. 'Few archives with written deposit specifications' wording not re-located (survey framing per producer). LoC fdd000177 and RFS index (S42/S45) not re-read. Limitations: Documents read 2026-10-22; no package or file inspected. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/RFS%202025-2026.pdf",
      "note": "FIAF TC D-Cinema deposit specifications v1.0 (2010-09-02) PDF; FIAF Digital Statement Part V (April 2019) PDF, deposit counts; LoC Recommended Formats Statement 2025-2026 PDF, III.i Motion Pictures; Academy Digital Preservation Forum: Wrapper Formats (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/",
      "note": "FIAF TC D-Cinema deposit specifications v1.0 (2010-09-02) PDF; FIAF Digital Statement Part V (April 2019) PDF, deposit counts; LoC Recommended Formats Statement 2025-2026 PDF, III.i Motion Pictures; Academy Digital Preservation Forum: Wrapper Formats (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.fiafnet.org/images/tinyUpload/E-Resources/Commission-And-PIP-Resources/TC_resources/D-Cinema_deposit_specifications_v1_0_2010-09-02_final_1.pdf",
      "note": "FIAF TC D-Cinema deposit specifications v1.0 (2010-09-02) PDF; FIAF Digital Statement Part V (April 2019) PDF, deposit counts; LoC Recommended Formats Statement 2025-2026 PDF, III.i Motion Pictures; Academy Digital Preservation Forum: Wrapper Formats (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.fiafnet.org/images/tinyUpload/2019/04/Preservation_Digital_Statement_Final.pdf",
      "note": "FIAF TC D-Cinema deposit specifications v1.0 (2010-09-02) PDF; FIAF Digital Statement Part V (April 2019) PDF, deposit counts; LoC Recommended Formats Statement 2025-2026 PDF, III.i Motion Pictures; Academy Digital Preservation Forum: Wrapper Formats (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000177.shtml",
      "note": "FIAF TC D-Cinema deposit specifications v1.0 (2010-09-02) PDF; FIAF Digital Statement Part V (April 2019) PDF, deposit counts; LoC Recommended Formats Statement 2025-2026 PDF, III.i Motion Pictures; Academy Digital Preservation Forum: Wrapper Formats (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://academydigitalpreservationforum.org/wrapper-formats/",
      "note": "FIAF TC D-Cinema deposit specifications v1.0 (2010-09-02) PDF; FIAF Digital Statement Part V (April 2019) PDF, deposit counts; LoC Recommended Formats Statement 2025-2026 PDF, III.i Motion Pictures; Academy Digital Preservation Forum: Wrapper Formats (live)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] FIAF's Technical Commission (2010) accepts only a DCDM or an unencrypted DCP for long-term preservation: the DCDM is ideal but may never exist as a complete set, while the unencrypted DCP is lossy but shows the work exactly as audiences saw it. FIAF's 2019 survey counted unencrypted DCP deposit at 9 archives and DCDM at 7, and LoC's 2025-2026 RFS prefers an unencrypted interop DCP for motion pictures, asking depositors to contact it about DCDM/DSM. · locator: FIAF TC D-Cinema deposit specifications v1.0 (2010-09-02) PDF; FIAF Digital Statement Part V (April 2019) PDF, deposit counts; LoC Recommended Formats Statement 2025-2026 PDF, III.i Motion Pictures; Academy Digital Preservation Forum: Wrapper Formats (live) source

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