Well, in my very humble opinion, and mind you, I am spouting off without
my usual "thoughtful and ageless reflection." :)
The VHS is simply a vessel. It holds the creation. It doesn't matter
where you get it. If the student has negotiated some kind of copy
permission and she can get a tape somewhere in order to get it to her
new vessel, then that's just fine. It's not the library's problem. She
is paying that $300 (or whatever price she is negotiating for) for her
copy/rights/whatever. The library has paid their $300. She pay hers. The
tape is just a transfer -- shared body.
There is something strangely biblical in this. I'm not a biblical guy,
but Jesus sends Peter to get money from the fish's mouth, then turns to
the tax collector and gives him his gold drachma (or "tribute penny,"
/denarii /or /tetradrchm /or whatever it was called). I say, render unto
Caesar and don't worry so much.
http://www.wga.hu/tours/brancacc/tribute.jpg
Randal Baier
On 2/23/2011 5:31 PM, jwoo wrote:
Here's a scenario that I don't think we've run across before:
The library purchased a VHS video art tape from Electronic Arts
Intermix with the usual limited PPR. A student wants to exhibit the
piece continuously as part of her MFA thesis show, and because an
exhibition copy with rights costs $900, the student is negotiating
with EAI for a lower price and permission to make a DVD copy of the
library's VHS tape.
Question: Who needs the permission to make a copy? The student or
the library? Does it make a difference if the copy is made in-house
or outsourced?
The student is under the assumption that she can check out the $300
tape from the library and bring it to a video transfer shop. If
permission to copy was not granted to the library, would the library
be infringing for allowing the student to copy its copy?
Thanks,
Janice Woo, Director of Libraries
California College of the Arts
5212 Broadway Oakland CA 94618
510.594.3660 || libraries.cca.edu
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related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective
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