Liz Edelglass asked about converting "older educational videos that
are not for sale on DVD" because "homes and even schools are
switching from VHS players to DVD players, so we need to be able to
provide them the films in a format that they can play".
As was noted in a previous response, conversion from VHS to DVD is a
format change which is NOT legal *regardless* of whether the material
is available in the desired format, as long as the material is still
protected by copyright. Since there are no 50 year old VHS videos, I do
not think that last point provides a way out of this impasse.
Bernard Katz, former head, Special Collections and Library Development
McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph
founding treasurer, AJL-Ontario
treasurer, Association for Canadian Jewish Studies
founding member, Canadian Jewish Book Awards
and past chair, Ontario Library Association Copyright Task Force
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