Hello,
I'm forwarding a question that was sent to me by a professor. If we do
not have the right to do what he's asking, can anyone give me contact
information for the rights-holder?
"The Machine That Changed the World." A co-production of WGBH and the
BBC; the 5 VHS tapes our library owns (Giant brains, Inventing the
future, Paperback computer, Thinking machine, World at your fingertips)
were distributed by Films for the Humanities nearly 20 years ago.The
series is long since out of distribution
(*http://preview.tinyurl.com/6rlfkb*), and is available for free viewing
on numerous web sites (such as *http://preview.tinyurl.com/34pj6hh *and
*http://preview.tinyurl.com/39j4p93*, and YouTube). The Internet Archive
believes this is in the public domain. Should we trust them?
First, can we make copies from our VHS tapes, and if so, are we limited
to using the DVDs within the library?
Second, would we have the right to download a video file from a place
like this (*http://preview.tinyurl.com/5p55fd*), and burn it onto DVDs?
Thanks in advance for any information or opinions.
Marilyn Huntley
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Marilyn B. Huntley, Staff Assistant/ Film Specialist:
Scheduling; purchases, rentals, previews; licensing & copyright
A-V Services, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd., Clinton, NY 13323
Phone 315-859-4120; Fax 315-859-4185
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