Re: [Videolib] My Friday Reflection, in the spirit of Stuart Smalley's Daily Affirmations

2012-02-25 Thread Randal Baier
Hahaha ... My antidote to all the angst of the week. On Feb 24, 2012, at 5:46 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Have you been ingesting magic mushrooms again, Randy? Gary I deserve good things. I am entitled to my share of happiness. I wonder Did anyone ever

Re: [Videolib] Video at Risk's Relationship to new ARL Code of Best Practices

2012-02-25 Thread Davis, Michael T
Good call on the mental margarita. It is past noon and I'm ready for a derivative, transformative mojito. Sent from my iPhone 757.279.8871 On Feb 23, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Dennis Doros milefi...@gmail.commailto:milefi...@gmail.com wrote: I was going to stay out of this -- I think VideoLib has

[Videolib] FAQ and more learning resources on librarians' fair use code

2012-02-25 Thread Patricia Aufderheide
With apologies for delay, and gratitude for the suggestions, I'm including here resources that address concerns that have surfaced on this listserv, and that help people understand what the Code does and doesn't do. For those who want to know how the code was formed, and how it differs from

Re: [Videolib] FAQ and more learning resources on librarians' fair use code

2012-02-25 Thread Jonathan Miller
WHAT THIS ISN'T This code of best practices was not negotiated with rights holders. This code is the work of the academic and research library community and arises from that community's values and mission. It presents a clear and conscientious articulation of the values of that community, not

Re: [Videolib] FAQ and more learning resources on librarians' fair use code

2012-02-25 Thread Jessica Rosner
Actually Jonathan what this isn't is based on actual law and there seems a great attempt to dress it up as it is. I am too tired to go into detail but the copyright cases closest on point to the issues discussed here (Kinko's Michigan documents) ruled very specifically that just because the