These two statements from the replies you received are exactly the opposite of each other. What is the correct information? Keep or discard?
I am reformatting the VHS that are needed by our teachers into DVDs but due to copyright law, you MUST keep the original. So we are keeping a lot of the VHS as required.
According to
“fair use” in Title 17, copying to DVD is perfectly legal as long as the VHS is then discarded. One replaces the other for purposes of preservation and convenience but not to duplicate.
Chaya Wiesman
Librarian
Ramaz Upper School Library
60 E. 78th Street
New York, NY 10075
(212)774-8000 x7329
From: hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of Etta Gold
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Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] VHSs and
cassettes
Thank you all for your many responses! Just to keep you all informed, I did receive a number of interesting ones:
There is equipment sold by library vendors that convert VHS to DVD which is not too expensive. If there are a lot of them to convert to the new format, it might be worth investing. The DVD will only be as good as the VHS. I did this project here several years ago. Some of the tapes had bad tracking and static but most came out well are still being used.
According to “fair use” in Title
17, copying to DVD is perfectly legal as long as the VHS is then discarded. One replaces the other for purposes of preservation and convenience but not to duplicate.
I haven’t done it yet, but I have been inspired by how some people are using old books to create tables, chairs, archways and art work. I’m thinking of doing the same with the books, VHS and cassettes that we have. I thought it would be a fun community project.
Jewish Prisoners Services International (JPSI) in Seattle used to accept videos with Jewish content. Contact them to see if they still do:
http://jpsi.org/
We created a list and offered them free to our faculty. – after they had first choice (and many were happy to have them), we packed them up and brought them to Goodwill. ….we had offered them to so many organizations, - but to no avail - no one was interested. We also toyed with converting them to CD’s – but too timely, then copyright issues, etc. I think Goodwill has a very diverse customer base. ….not all people buy them for personal use. – many would buy and then re-sell….you never know!
I am reformatting the VHS that are needed by our teachers into DVDs but due to copyright law, you MUST keep the original. So we are keeping a lot of the VHS as required.
To answer your question – we are keeping them. For a lot of the items the only copy we have is the VHS, so we obviously don’t want to get rid of them… But we do have a TV with a VCR here in the library so people can view them.
I know this is an old question, but I must pose it one more time. Please tell me what I should do with the wonderful VHSs and cassettes (books on tape) that I have. It is against everything in me to throw these items in the garbage. What have you all done?
Etta
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