One thing that comes to mind for me that hasn't come up in any of this discussion (which makes me wonder if I'm off base) is the issue of the first sale doctrine, which is what allows libraries to lend all that we lend. Borrowing dvds from Netflix would not confer this right, correct? Thereby making it rather clearly illegal.
Am I thinking up the wrong tree (to butcher a metaphor)? Tom _____________________________ Tom Ipri, MS Head, Media and Computer Services Lied Library University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy Box 457035 Las Vegas, NV 89154-7035 702-895-2183 [email protected] From: "Mark Gooch" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: 09/21/2010 01:15 PM Subject: [Videolib] Academic Libraries Add Netflix Subscriptions Sent by: [email protected] Here's an interesting article from the Chronicle of Higher Education: "Academic Libraries Add Netflix Subscriptions" http://bit.ly/9n7g6n Mark D. Gooch Technology & Government Information Librarian The College of Wooster Libraries 1140 Beall Avenue Wooster, Ohio 44691 Phone: 330/263-2522 FAX: 330/263-2253 [email protected] AIM: mgooch90 Yahoo! IM: mgooch1 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.
