Best practice for handling original files once movie is complete?

So I'm taking movies from my Canon S5IS (and other cameras in the past) and making projects in iMovie, sharing in the Media Browser, importing into iDVD, and burning to DVD.
I can't help but wonder if I might need the original footage one day. Do most people keep their original files for future media (replacement for DVD) which I realize would require recreation of the movies that were created in 2008 with iMovie (with title screens, transitions, etc.)? Or do most people delete the originals with the feeling that DVD will be a suitable way to watch home movies for the foreseeable future?
I just can't figure out what to do. I don't want to burn dozens of DVDs of raw footage, only to have keep up with them in a safe deposit box and have to deal with the anxiety of having to recreate movies one day (which is daunting enough now...unbelievably daunting to think about the exponential growth as time progresses).
Hope this make sense. Reading that DVD movies are not suitable for editing due to the codec has made me realize I need to think through this before destroying all these originals as I'm finished with them.
Thanks in advance!
-John

If any of your cams are miniDV, then you simply need to keep the original tapes and tape is still the safest long term archiving solution, when stored properly.
Other cams that use flash memory, hard drives, even DVD cams, do not offer the security that tape does. If you are wanting to save those types of files, the best option would be to store them on one or two external hard drives, bearing in mind those drives could fail anytime. Back up to your back up in that case.
Another nice thing about miniDV cams is that you can export your finished movie back to a tape also, using iMovie HD6, and have safe copies of original and finished material.
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