Re: [Videolib] PAL vs NTSC / Region 1 vs all regions legal question
It is legal as long as you use the DVD in its original format and don't transfer it. There was ironically a case exactly on point regarding text books decided by the Supreme Court recently. One other major thing is that the copy must be legal. You just need to use some common sense with that On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Moshiri, Farhad mosh...@uiwtx.edu wrote: Recently, some of my faculty are asking for DVDs available in Europe that are in PAL format and either coded for region 2 or all regions. I know places such as Amazon sell DVD players that play both PAL and NTSC formats and DVDs coded for any regions. But my question is a legal one. Is it legal for an institution such as my university to buy and use multi-region players and DVDs and use them in classes? My understanding is for any reason, the publishers do not distribute their films in this country. So using them in an institution is legal? Thanks. Farhad Moshiri, MLS Post-Masters Advanced Study Certificate Audiovisual Librarian Subject areas: Music, Dance, Copyright issues, Middle Eastern Studies University of the Incarnate Word J.E. L.E. Mabee Library 4301 Broadway – CPO 297 San Antonio, TX 78209 (210) 829-3842 -- This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. 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] Anyone purchased Harvard Business Review CD-ROMs for circulation?
A kerfuffle has arisen in my library about whether the right of first sale still applies toward the purchase of HBR case studies on CD-ROM if there is no additional license agreement accompanying the purchase. I had assumed that if a library orders copies and HBR fills the orders, there's an understanding that the items will circulate like other library books and videos. Have any of you run into any legal static regarding HBR case studies on CD-ROM? BTW I am aware that they limit the length of time the case studies can be used so my question is just whether even time-restricted library circulation is permissible. -- Chris Lewis American University Library 202.885.3257 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.
Re: [Videolib] Anyone purchased Harvard Business Review CD-ROMs for circulation?
Harvard Business Review licensing is so ridiculous, I think you're only allowed to read it in the public restroom on 2nd Tuesdays. Seriously- they make a CD-ROM that's usable on more than a single library computer? ~Barb On Jul 27, 2015, at 1:00 PM, Chris Lewis cle...@american.edu wrote: A kerfuffle has arisen in my library about whether the right of first sale still applies toward the purchase of HBR case studies on CD-ROM if there is no additional license agreement accompanying the purchase. I had assumed that if a library orders copies and HBR fills the orders, there's an understanding that the items will circulate like other library books and videos. Have any of you run into any legal static regarding HBR case studies on CD-ROM? BTW I am aware that they limit the length of time the case studies can be used so my question is just whether even time-restricted library circulation is permissible. -- Chris Lewis American University Library 202.885.3257 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.
