Less than little faith...read my lips: MPAA, AAP...billions of lobbyist bucks and hundred megawatt lawyers. Not a snowball's chance in hell.
Gary > Oh ye of little faith! > > I know Gigi and the gang at Public Knowledge, and I would not > underestimate their strategic positioning or energetic lobbying. They > do know how to get things done in Dee Cee. > > In fact, I already wrote them a note to encourage them to add Section > 108 issues to their list, so us archivist and librarian-types might also > get some copyright law reform. Anyone interested in working on this, > let me know. > > Time to get mobilized! > > Best, > Nan Rubin > > > Nan Rubin, Project Director > Preserving Digital Public Television > Thirteen > 450 W. 33rd St. > New York, NY 10001 > 212-560-2925 (direct line) > 212-560-2833 fax > rub...@thirteen.org > www.ptvdigitalarchive.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu > [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of > ghand...@library.berkeley.edu > Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 11:33 AM > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Copyright Act Reform proposed > > > Interesting....these guys have apparently tripped off into never-never > land. Wonderful...utopian...and completely impossible. > > Gary > > > >> Don't shoot the messenger.... Passing along this press release: >> >> Press Release: Public Knowledge Proposes New Copyright Act Reform. >> Public Knowledge, February 15, 2010. >> http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/2906 >> >> "Saying that, "We need a bolder vision that starts to break down the >> barriers to free culture - that starts to break the vise grip the few > and >> powerful have on ownership," Public Knowledge President and Co-Founder >> Gigi B. Sohn announced a new five-part Copyright Reform Act." >> >> >> -- >> deg farrelly, Associate Librarian >> Arizona State University at the West campus >> PO Box 37100 >> Phoenix, Arizona 85069-7100 >> Phone: 602.543.8522 >> Email: deg.farre...@asu.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. >> > > > Gary Handman > Director > Media Resources Center > Moffitt Library > UC Berkeley > > 510-643-8566 > ghand...@library.berkeley.edu > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC > > "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." > --Francois Truffaut > > > 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. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut 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.
