Hi Lyn If you acquired the 16mm prints legally, you're mostly likely covered for transfer to DVD (or other formats)under Section 108 of the copyright law. The issue remains: 108 stipulates that the duplicated/transferred copy be used within the library building...my personal approach to this stipulation has been--as someone on this list called it--"civil disobedience." It makes no sense at all to be able to circulate the fragile copy and not the more robust transfer copy. I opt for the latter in most instances. It's your call.
Gary Handman > We have a 16mm print of "Free at Last," from the "History of the Negro > People" series produced by National Educational Television. A faculty > member uses the print twice a year and has requested that we copy the film > to DVD. I've searched but cannot find who might have the rights to the > series. Any help would be appreciated. > > Lyn McCurdy > Director of Audio Visual Services > Wittenberg University > Springfield, OH 45504 > Phone: 937-327-7325 > FAX : 937-327-7315 > 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.
