Hey Gail I'd say yeah, definitely, unless FU is trumped by specific contractual language which forbids certain uses (I've haven't seen any such language so far--at least in the licenses we've signed). Even if the contract DID somehow short-circuit fair uses (i.e. clips for use in course-related projects), my guess is that it wouldn't stand up in court.
Gary Handman > Is an institution's licensed video streaming content covered by fair use > for said institution's students who want to use guideline compliant > portions of that content for fair use compliant purposes? I want to say > yes, but hesitate to do so without input from the collective wisdom. I > don't remember prior discussion concerning this permutation of fair use. > Thanks in advance, > Gail > > > > Gail B. Fedak > > Director, Media Resources > > Middle Tennessee State University > > Murfreesboro, TN37132 > > Phone: 615-898-2899 > > Fax: 615-898-2530 > > Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr <http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr> > > "Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance." -- Will Durant > > 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 [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.
