Hi all, I've been working with my Office of Disability Accommodation for the past few months to get students with hearing impairments access to closed caption versions of films they have been assigned to watch for class. Recently we paid for had a handful of films to be sent out for captioning by a vendor. I don't the specifics, but ODA relied on Americans with Disabilities Act to justify making the copy. I believe Fair Use can also be employed for this purpose. Either way, we did not seek permission from the copyright holder, we relied on exception in the law.
Now there are two copies of the film - the original library copy and this new CC copy. How should this second CC copy be managed? ODA wants the library to manage access, but I don't think legally we can add it to the circulating collection. What are the legalities or best practices for managing these kinds of items? Thank you! Kim Kim Stanton Head, Media Library University of North Texas [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> P:(940) 565-4832
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