I'm sending this on to videolib for Larry D. (whose email seems to be on
the fritz)
I solidly support meetings between AIME and librarians to bang out best
practices and to discuss issues. Unfortunately, I don't think video
librarians are where the problems and controversies lie in this case. It
The rhetoric can get pretty heated on both sides of this issue, but when all is
said and done, we do need to work together and not as adversaries. Both Gary
and Larry make some excellent points. I will just go out on a limb and say I
don't mind paying a bit more to get a greater sense of ownersh
Original Message
Subject: FW: quick response
From: "Rosen, Rhonda J."
Date: Fri, January 29, 2010 1:46 pm
To: "ghand...@library.berkeley.edu"
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Hi all
I assume that many of you may have seen this already. Lessig is brilliant!
http://www.tnr.com/print/article/the-love-culture
Gary
Gary Handman
Director
Media Resources Center
Moffitt Library
UC Berkeley
510-643-8566
ghand...@library.berkeley.edu
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
"I ha
Wow.
I almost missed reading this, too, Gary. It was in my junk mail folder for
reasons I cannot ascertain. I hope it wasn't lost to most of the group.
I think we all need to write our Congressperson if we ever want to see any
improvement in this mind-boggling situation.
Christine Crowley
Dea
What a brilliant scenario. Can I crib this for a workshop?
It seems to me that this is legal. It seems to be crying out for
political action by the FAIR USE LIBERATION ARMY. But I'm a little bit
wondering about the distribution of the clips by DVD. But these are
clips, little snippets ... and
I would say no.
Relevant questions are: Is Dr. Fellini a Film Studies professor?
Who owns the DVDs?
Are any of the DVDs copy-protected?
The right to circumvent copy-protection to make clips for FACE TO FACE
classroom use is accorded only to Film and Media profs using DVDs purchased by
their dep
Well obviously a bit dicey. It is clearly legal for Prof Fellini to
create such a DVD to use IN the class, the rest may be a bit of
uncharted territory. First , I would really avoid a loaded phrase like
"digital library", because that makes it sound l unrelated to a
specific class. The main thing
