For my purposes video=DVDs VHS tapes.
Media would include the above plus CDs and CD-ROMs.
I'm responsible for ordering both print (includes your basic old
fashioned book and microforms) and non-print which includes, videos
(DVDs/VHS), CDs, CD-ROMs, ebooks, streams, maps and scores (I know--the
A professor here wanted to show this 1924 film to her class but found that the
library VHS copy had gone missing. She has a copy herself, but it's French
(Secam, presumably) with French title cards, so only the French majors can
enjoy it and then only in the lab, where we have a secam player.
Sounds like a job for Section 108 (borrow a VHS copy, make a VHS copy to check
out and/or a digital copy to use in-library).
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On Aug 22, 2011, at 5:42 PM, Shoaf,Judith P wrote:
A professor here wanted to show this 1924 film to her class but found that
the library VHS copy had gone missing.
Hi Judith,
You can always ILL a copy and make a VHS of it. Or I believe you could also
make a DVD for use in the library. We have a VHS copy if you'd like to follow
up on either of those options. Feel free to contact me off-list.
Cheers,
Matt
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Matt Ball
Media
Well technically here the hitch would be that to the best of my knowledge
there never was a legal release of the film even in VHS in the US so I am
pretty sure you would be copying a bootleg copy even if you don't realize
it. Can someone tell me what OCLC says on in terms of original distributor.
Did anyone read the second paragraph of this article: The Common Sense
of the Fair-Use Doctrine, by Patricia Aufderheide. Chronicle of Higher
Education, August 21, 2011.
Do you agree that the researcher's request falls under fair use? Not
rhetorical, I'm actually wondering. Thanks -
FYI being in my usual snarky mood, I think that overall the article is bunch
of simple soft lobs that have little to do with the real copyright issues
being fought over by academic institutions and rights holders. I would like
Ms. Aufderheide to provide answers to the following
1. An Academic
