Hi Nicholle, I've never encountered digital copies with DVDs, but my guess is that there is a license tied to the digital copy. Licenses trump copyright exceptions. So the license language would have to permit the use.
We often encounter a similar situation with books that include CD-ROMs or an online access code. Unfortunately, we pay for those extra features & have to discard them. Licensed materials can be difficult to deal with as a library, so I'd be interested to hear responses from any experts. It would be fantastic if vendors offered a library-friendly version of such products, even if it were a discount that excluded the "personal use only" digital components. Thanks! Katie Aldrich Library Services Assistant - Purchasing Northcentral Technical College | 1000 W. Campus Drive, Wausau, WI 54401 Ph 715.803.1055 | Mail Stop: WG | Email: aldr...@ntc.edu | Website: www.ntc.edu/library From: Nicholle Gerharter <ngerhar...@natronacountylibrary.org> To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Date: 01/07/2016 01:51 PM Subject: [Videolib] Digital DVDs Sent by: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu Hi - I'm wondering if public libraries will share what they do with the digital copies of DVDs they receive with the physical DVDs and Blu-rays they order. What's legal? What's feasible? For example, we've heard that some libraries load them on to a Roku (or similar device) and allow it to be checked out. Any comments are appreciated. Thanks, ----------------------------------- Nicholle Gerharter, Reference Librarian Natrona County Public Library 307-237-4935 E-Mail and correspondence to and from me is subject to the Wyoming Public Records Act and may be disclosed to third parties. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
