This is interesting because I've seen a few items in our collection that, rather than being purchased outright, were listed as "lease for life." It's just like a purchase in that we paid for it once and we can keep it forever, but now I wonder if that kind of transaction changes what we can do with it. That is, if we don't own it do some aspects of copyright law not apply?
Cheers, Matt ________________________________________ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 [email protected] | 434-924-3812 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 5:06 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Academic Libraries Add Netflix Subscriptions First Sale has to do with commercial property transfer exclusively, I think. In other words, it has to do with the rights of legal buyers. The NetFlix transaction is a rental--a temporary "lease"?--and is, I would imagine, a different can o' worms. But then again, I'm in no way positive. gary > 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. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] 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.
