This is quite an old situation, from the 90s I think. It doesn't fit your problem very well as this was a college teaching library, not a university research library, and all the interactions were personal.
A sociology prof made a film about a local transgender person who was earning money for medical treatments as, I think, a stripper. After she had made her transition to being a woman and established herself in another profession (but keeping the same name), she asked that the film be removed from the catalogue. At the time I was in charge of the catalogue and I thought it was appropriate to do so. So anyone who knew the film (16mm ) existed could view it (for example, the sociologist and his students) but it would not be available to casual searches, even legitimate academic ones. Judy Shoaf From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cathy Michael Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 12:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Videolib] If a filmmaker had copyright concerns with his/her film & asked you to remove it, would you? Greetings, Colleagues: Has a filmmaker ever asked your library to remove his/her film from the library due to copyright concerns with the film (meaning, in the making of the film -- the filmmaker realized s/he did not clear something properly)? If so, how did you handle it? I once sat in on an ethics discussion on what to due with books that were accused of plagiarism -- but never encountered the above situation. Thanks for your thoughts. Sincerely, Cathy Catherine H. Michael Communications & Legal Studies Librarian Ithaca College Library 953 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850 Phone: 607-274-1293 Blog: http://comlaw.wordpress.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ICComLib
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