FYI being in my usual snarky mood, I think that overall the article is bunch of simple soft lobs that have little to do with the real copyright issues being fought over by academic institutions and rights holders. I would like Ms. Aufderheide to provide answers to the following
1. An Academic institution wants to digitize and stream entire feature works so students assigned them in classes can watch them on their personal computers wherever they are and are not inconvenienced by having to check them out, watch them in class or in the library. Is this in fact "Fair Use' Oh and as a bonus many of the titles are digitized from VHS even though they are available on DVD also Fair Use? 2. Professor hands librarian a rare film he taped of TV 15 years ago that has never been released and wants it shown in his class and then left on reserve and of course transferred to DVD. Fair Use? 3. A university IT head, tells a library to take all material on VHS and copy it to DVD as those things are expensive and inconvenient. 4. Similar to #1. A university takes thousands of articles and large sections (say entire chapters) of books and posts them on line on a password protected system so students don't have to be bothered going to the library for them. Fair Use? On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Jessica Rosner <jessicapros...@gmail.com>wrote: > Unless it is a very long clip which might bring the portion issue into > question it would be "Fair Use" under the recently approved LOC ruling that > you can break encryption to use/copy something that would otherwise fall > under "Fair Use" > > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 9:47 PM, jwoo <j...@cca.edu> wrote: > >> Did anyone read the second paragraph of this article: The Common Sense >> of the Fair-Use Doctrine, by Patricia Aufderheide. Chronicle of Higher >> Education, August 21, 2011. >> >> Do you agree that the researcher's request falls under fair use? Not >> rhetorical, I'm actually wondering. Thanks - Janice >> >> "A researcher asks a librarian if the librarian can provide her with a >> clip from a major motion picture, relevant to the researcher's >> presentation at the annual meeting of her academic association. When >> the librarian demurs, the researcher explains her fair-use right to >> show the work." >> >> http://chronicle.com/article/The-Common-Sense-of-the/128756 >> >> >> >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Jessica Rosner > Media Consultant > 224-545-3897 (cell) > 212-627-1785 (land line) > jessicapros...@gmail.com > > -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com
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.
