The teach act does indeed cover fiction. The law reads “the performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work or reasonable and limited portions of any other work.” What it says is that teach covers (in their entirety, assuming all other conditions are met) nondramatic literary or musical works, but only covers other works in limited portions. For the most part, film falls under “other work,” here, regardless of whether or not the film is documentary, fictional, etc.
mb Michael Brewer | Librarian | Head, Research & Learning | brew...@email.arizona.edu<mailto:brew...@email.arizona.edu> From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 12:41 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] using short films for an online class Um Teach Act does not cover works of fiction so could only potentially apply to documentary shorts On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Bergman, Barbara J <barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu<mailto:barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu>> wrote: Indieflix has quite a few shorts. And is a cheap individual subscription. I've found films there that weren't available elsewhere. Ditto for Amazon Instant Video and Vimeo. https://www.indieflix.com/ Since the class is completely online, I'd look to Fair Use vs the TEACH Act. Since it's a film studies class, they are doing criticism and analysis. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945<tel:%28507%29%20389-5945> | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu<mailto:barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu> -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu> [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu>] On Behalf Of Maureen Tripp Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 8:25 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu<mailto:videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Subject: [Videolib] using short films for an online class A faculty member will be teaching an online class on the short film, and wants to use (obviously) a bunch of short films as part of the class. Meaning she wants to post them online. We have many of the films as part of DVD collections we've purchased--for example, Academy Award Nomanated Short Films, or Best of Resfest. It's my understanding that these films are complete works, and therefore can't be used in their entirety online. But it's proving very difficult to find out who owns the rights to all these films--is there any possibility that I'm wrong, and that, as portions of a collection, a case could be made that using them online is like using parts of a complete work? help me, collective wisdom . . . Maureen 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. 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.
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.
