The trouble is that the case was very poorly designed to test the question of 
whether streaming can be fair use. True, the judge gave an opinion, but the 
grounds for dismissal actually had to do with the fact that AIME should not 
have been the plaintiff and the UCLA Board of Trustees should not have been 
named as the defendant. So the case can't be appealed and discussed in higher 
courts. To get  a really good case, you would need a suit by all the members of 
AIME or by another big rightsholder, preferably against a non-state institution 
(so that the issue of sovereign immunity did not come up).
http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2012/11/26/another-fair-use-victory-for-libraries/

The Georgia State case re. print media put on reserve was much better drawn up, 
where the publishers sued a state school but named defendants correctly, so 
that decision is more interesting. According to Georgia State, Ambrose might 
have won a suit against UCLA, because UCLA was streaming entire works which 
Ambrose was quite ready to license for streaming (thus tipping  the 
amount-of-whole and effect-on-market-value factors strongly in Ambrose's 
favor).  In the actual Georgia State case, the amounts were smaller and there 
was not always a quick and easy way to license them.

Judy Shoaf


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Haven't heard anything lately about this case. Someone just forwarded me this 
link indicating a second lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121121/07085221111/case-against-ucla-streaming-licensed-dvds-to-students-dismissed-yet-again.shtml

Curious to know if more folks are following UCLA's lead?

Hoping for stimulating/enlightening but not acrimonious discussion.

Thanks.
Jo Ann

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