Hi all I periodically get queries from faculty and others re requirements/legalities/fair use allowances when using still shots from movies in journal and book publication. I'm always at a bit of a loss. Kristin Thompson has authored a very thoughtful opinion piece and report on behalf of the Society for Media Studies
http://www.cmstudies.org/resource/resmgr/docs/fairusefilmstills.pdf which tends to come down on the side of fair use for a great deal of this practice. I usually tell the potential user that publishers deal with this issue in different ways (from the strict requirement to secure permissions, to broad fair use allowances). The publisher is often the court of last appeal in such cases (what the publisher demands, the publisher gets) Wonder how you handle this stuff in your organization. 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.
