Could it not be interpreted that a student in another discipline making a video for a class project will also have this protection under the second and third sections? Students could argue that a class project in history or some other field of study creating a video is either a documentary film or a noncommercial video, or am I just reading too much in. This is great news.
regards jhs John H. Streepy Media Services Supervisor Library-Media Circulation James E. Brooks Library Central Washington University 400 East University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548 (509) 963-2861 http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media "Hand to hand combat just goes with the territory. All part of being a librarian" -- James Turner "Rex Libris" Transitus profusum est nocens! >>> Linda Tadic <lindata...@optonline.net> 7/26/2010 10:52 AM >>> The new rules allow circumvention for the "incorporation of short portions of motion pictures into new works for the purpose of criticism or comment" in three instances: (i) Educational uses by college and university professors and by college and university film and media studies students; [I assume this means a professor in any discipline, but if a student does it they must be in film/media studies programs, not history, languages, etc.] (ii) Documentary filmmaking; (iii) Noncommercial videos I interpret these last two exclusions to mean the DVDs can be circumvented in order to obtain the excerpts for "criticism or comment," but doesn't say this is part of Fair Use. In other words, the method of obtaining the clip is now OK (circumvention), but it doesn't say that the content doesn't need to be licensed. What do others think? Linda Tadic Audiovisual Archive Network lta...@archivenetwork.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Jessica Rosner ( mailto:maddux2...@gmail.com ) To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] New copyright rules re: DMCA exemptions are finallyannounced - and they are now exempt educational uses by all university professors and students Very sensible. It allows you circumvent the DMCA in order to use a small portion of a work for a class etc. I especially appreciate that it really spells out this is a small portion and for a "transformative" purpose. Jessica On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:35 PM, Chris Lewis <cle...@american.edu> wrote: http://www.copyright.gov/1201/ -- Chris Lewis Media Librarian American University Library 202.885.3257 Please think twice before printing this e-mail. 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.
