Enough Jessica. This simply is not a productive response. We need to move on for the moment.
Gary > You missed the memo Mike. You can copy and stream any film or book ever > made or published so long as a professor tells you he needs it. ARL etc > have said so and you longer have to worry about actual copyright law or > numerous legal cases that say otherwise. > > I am in an especially snarky mood today. I just found a major academic > institution has > "scheduled" an open campus showing of a film JUST BEING released in > theaters and not available on DVD ANYWHERE in the world. I am sure ARL, > PAT > & Michael will find a way to justify that as well. After it is part of > "educational" institution and sponsored by faculty. > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Schmitt, Mike <schmi...@uwgb.edu> wrote: > >> There seems to be this notion from faculty at my campus that they can >> take >> a program with copyright and place the entire movie on D2L or other >> online >> sources. I don't believe a campus has the right to place an entire >> program >> online for students to watch at their convenience. I don't believe the >> TEACH Act or Fair Use cover this type of situation. If someone can >> point >> to a particular piece of copyright law that would illustrate this that >> would be helpful. >> >> Does anyone have specific examples of campuses be targeted/fined for >> copyright infringement? >> >> I would appreciate any assistance you can provide. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mike Schmitt >> UW-Green Bay >> >> 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 > 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.
