Re: [Videolib] Impact of GSU

2012-07-13 Thread Deg Farrelly
Jessica Before you state what the court ruled, you might read the actual ruling. From the 350 ruling on the GSU case: http://www.infodocket.com/2012/05/12/full-text-of-court-opinion-in-georgia-state-university-copyright-case/ With respect to fair use factor three, the amount of the copying as

Re: [Videolib] Limits on amount of use

2012-07-13 Thread Dennis Doros
Amount used is ONE of the fair use factors, and the courts HAVE ruled that 100% use is fair use in some cases. This is specifically true with cases involving art images. -deg Wait a darn second, deg Does this include the frame? -- Best regards, Dennis Doros Milestone Film

Re: [Videolib] Impact of GSU

2012-07-13 Thread Shoaf,Judith P
In the 47 cases Judge Evans evaluated for possible Fair Use, she found 13 excerpts which were longer than her distinctly small criteria, but in only 5 of these cases did she find in favor of the plaintiffs. Basically, because the kind of use (educational, non-commercial) weighs strongly in

[Videolib] Looking for Under African Skies on standard DVD

2012-07-13 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
Hi All, And happy Friday. Does anyone know if there's a standard DVD version of Under African Skies (Paul Simon's Graceland 25th anniversary documentary). I can find the Blu-ray but I need a regular version. I did find on Amazon a boxed set

Re: [Videolib] Looking for Under African Skies on standard DVD

2012-07-13 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
Actually, I was able to zoom in on the photo of the disc that's included in the box set and it is indeed a Blu-ray, so I'm still on the hunt for a standard version. Matt From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ball, James (jmb4aw)

Re: [Videolib] Impact of GSU

2012-07-13 Thread Jessica Rosner
Deg I have a longer response to this later when I have time but in fact you have basically claimed that since there is no exact ruling explicitly stating you can not digitize and stream an entire film ( or book) it remains an open question. If I am not understanding you then please correct me and

Re: [Videolib] Looking for Under African Skies on standard DVD

2012-07-13 Thread mtwchk
Hi James (et. al.), This one's a pain. You can get a standard definition packaged with the anniversary cd: http://www.amazon.com/Graceland-Anniversary-Edition-Featuring- African/dp/B007P06DJK I haven't been able to figure out a way to get the standard DVD standalone. I don't want to buy it

Re: [Videolib] Impact of GSU

2012-07-13 Thread Brewer, Michael
Jessica, Of course the use of entire books or films (or other copyrighted works) can be justified under fair use. The question is under what circumstances. Sony allowed for entire films and I think that orphan works of any format/type (we can argue over the definition of that) would