That link is from almost 2 years ago. It was not a second case it was an appeal.
The case was never tried on merits. The judge dismissed on the basis of AIME not having standing and UCLA having sovereign immunity. In my opinion the judge clearly overstepped in adding to the dismissal other comments on fair use, PPR, and licensing. They were not germane to the ruling and only serve to cloud the issue. To date there has been NO case that has ruled on the legality of digitizing for streaming purposes complete in-print copyrighted videos. Thus we do not. According to the Survey of Academic Library Streaming Video, (Hutchison, J. and farrelly, d. (2013), 58% of academic libraries that provide streaming video DO NOT digitize and stream on request. Of the 42% that do digitize and stream on request, 25% limit to clips or segments only deg farrelly, ShareStream Administrator/Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Hayden Library C1H1 P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 602.332.3103 On 2/18/14 10:28 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >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-st >reaming-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. > 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.
