These comparative lenses illustrate that while legal regimes vary, a common thread is the for full‑length digital copies. 9. Future Directions: Open‑Access Initiatives and Cultural Preservation 9.1 Government‑Led Digitisation Projects The National Archive of India has announced a Digital Preservation Initiative (2024‑2028) aimed at digitising 10,000 heritage audiovisual works, including MSMT, under Creative Commons Attribution‑NonCommercial‑NoDerivatives 4.0 (CC‑BY‑NC‑ND 4.0) licences. 9.2 Creative Commons Licensing for Heritage Works Adopting CC licences can reconcile public‑interest access with creator rights. A CC‑BY‑SA licence would allow remixing—potentially fostering new cultural expressions while preserving attribution. 9.3 Community‑Based Archiving Projects such as the