Glass half empty: I recall hearing that MIT OCW had problems with media studies lectures because of the large number of clips.
Glass half full: As you note, this is a clear example of fair use. I think a short fair use notice should be sufficient. If it creates a problem, the very least we can do is make a stink about it. Future recipe: Helping professors upload their clips to Critical Commons: http://criticalcommons.org/ Kevin > From: Parker <[email protected]> > > Okay, last question: > re: copyright concerns on actual slide content: say the lecture video > contains some close-ups of slides and some shots of just the > professor's head. say that some of the images in the presentation are > used without permission and don't have an open license that allows the > speaker's use. say that we want to publish the lecture video but not > the slides. say that we do so, under cc-by, along with a brief fair > use claim like: "any other slide content copyright its respective > creators, used under fair use for noncommercial, educational purposes" > > I know I probably won't get real legal advice back, but a > recommendation, or better yet a statement like "this is what uMich > does" (if applicable) would rock. thanks! _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss
