A third party, iTunes, is granting the perpetual right to view the studio's program if you purchase the download, not rent it. If you buy a standard def version and you want the HD version you will need to purchase another download. To take the analogy a bit further, what is the difference from a professor using a legally purchased DVD with home video rights in a face-to-face teaching situation and the professor using a digital file where the DRM has not been circumvented to teach within the classroom? Unless the Digital Millennium Copyright Act makes some distinction, I would think the digital version could be used in class until the file becomes corrupt or obsolete.
> > Bob > Individual rights to download or watch are completely different from the > right to allow a third party to stream it forever. I can not envision a > scenario in which the studios will ever agree to this. I can easily see them > setting up their own or even a shared system to allow non download viewing > for specific periods of time but I can never imagine them doing the other. > Maybe about the same time they agree to sell Regal theaters the rights to > show the Wizard of Oz in perpetuity. > > In any event studio titles are rarely the ones we are discussing I just want > to point out that one should not expect to be able to buy CITIZEN KANE for > perpetual streaming. > 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.
