so, it's okay for librarians to act as the middleman for fair use, that is, a third-party can make copies for the end-user who is actually doing the research or scholarship?
On Aug 23, 2011, at 8:07 AM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: > I agree with the researcher > > gary handman > > > >> 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. >> > > > Gary Handman > Director > Media Resources Center > Moffitt Library > UC Berkeley > > 510-643-8566 > ghand...@library.berkeley.edu > 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. > 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.
