FYI videolib: Short article on proposal to make streaming copyrighted works a felony, with a link to the full report.
"SOPA died in 2012, but Obama administration wants to revive part of it" http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/08/05/sopa-died-in-2012-but-obama-administration-wants-to-revive-part-of-it/ Does this mean we wouldn't be able to put a hypothetical VRT karaoke party on Youtube? Regards, Laura Laura Jenemann Film Studies/Media Services Librarian Johnson Center Library George Mason University 4400 University Drive MS 1A6 Fairfax VA, 22030 Phone: 703-993-7593 Email: ljene...@gmu.edu 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.
