I've come up with a _hypothetical situation_ where it would be beneficial to stream an entire film:
5 instructors teach a common course with a common syllabus. One week they are supposed to show a clip from the same documentary. The instructors, however, can choose which scene(s) to show in class. None of them are going to show the entire video. Using snippets in the classroom would fall under fair use and the TEACH Act. We could provide a streaming video of each scene, which would take a lot of time and energy and possibly result in duplication of effort and frustration in the classroom. Or, we could stream the entire film and let each instructor "queue" their preferred clip during class. Granted, the latter action would be geared to make _my_ workload less onerous as well as to make it less confusing for the instructors. Note that we are not streaming videos at Otis, but I am investigating how to implement it effectively in the future. Now I have to go read the report mentioned below... Heather Cleary Digital Projects and Metadata Librarian Otis College of Art and Design 9045 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90045 Phone 310 665 6926 Website http://blogs.otis.edu/vrclib/ Email [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carl Johnson Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 1:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Videolib] Streaming Entire Films >From another list... Below is a link to a document ARL released on Friday analyzing the copyright implications of streaming entire films to students outside of the classroom. The document was prompted by the well-publicized dispute between UCLA and AIME, but it discusses the issue at a higher level of generality, explaining some of the factors that could make a variety of uses more or less likely to fall under one of three exceptions in the Copyright Act. The authors (Jonathan Band, Peter Jaszi, Kenneth Crews, and I) conclude that fair use provides the strongest protection for streaming, with Sections 110(1) and 110(2) (the TEACH Act) also arguably providing protection, depending on the circumstances. The document can be found here: http://www.arl.org/news/pr/Streaming-Films-19feb10.shtml We hope this guidance will help institutions to explore their rights and assert them strongly where possible, as actual practice can have a significant impact on the shape of evolving rights, especially fair use. We hope you all will find this document interesting and useful as you consider these very thorny questions! Best, Brandon Brandon Butler | Law & Policy Fellow | Association of Research Libraries | [email protected] | w: 202.296.2296 x156 | m: 202.684.6030 | 21 Dupont Circle, DC 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.
