[Videolib] Application Deadline Extended! Institute for Research Design in Librarianship 2017

2017-01-12 Thread Andrew Horbal
Dear Videolib-ers, If you were thinking about applying for the 2017 Institute for Research Design in Librarianship, I have good news for you: the deadline for applications has been extended two weeks to January 27! Please see more information about IRDL below. As I have noted before, I was part

[Videolib] Re-posting IRDL 2017 Call for Applications

2016-12-13 Thread Andrew Horbal
Dear Videolib-ers, Sincere apologies for cross-posting! I've been asked to re-post the following call for applications for the 2017 Institute for Research Design in Librarianship (IRDL): Are you a "novice" librarian researcher? Could you use expert guidance through the entire research process,

[Videolib] IRDL 2017 Call for Applications

2016-11-15 Thread Andrew Horbal
Dear Videolib-ers, Sincere apologies for cross-posting! Are you a "novice" librarian researcher? Could you use expert guidance through the entire research process, from project conception through publication in a peer-reviewed journal? Would you like to be part of a growing community of

Re: [Videolib] Amazon Prime

2016-10-20 Thread Andrew Horbal
te: >> >> >> 1. Re: Amazon Prime (Dennis Doros) >> >> *From: *Dennis Doros <milefi...@gmail.com> >> *Date: *October 14, 2016 6:18:04 PM CDT >> *To: *Video Library questions <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> >> *Subject: Re: [Videolib] Amazon Pr

Re: [Videolib] Amazon Prime

2016-10-17 Thread Andrew Horbal
home or apartment or, if outside your > private home or apartment (e.g., in a hotel room, dorm room, office, or > airport waiting lounge) is limited to a private viewing for you and your > invitees." > > does make it seem like a classroom would not be permissible, but I agree > it'

Re: [Videolib] Amazon Prime

2016-10-14 Thread Andrew Horbal
=4a0b9e434a9f3e8603c29806e=f30d1906e2> > Support us on Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milestone-Film/22348485426> and Twitter > <https://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms>! > > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 3:51 PM, Andrew Horbal <ahor...@umd.edu> wrote: > &g

Re: [Videolib] Amazon Prime

2016-10-14 Thread Andrew Horbal
So, to be clear, based on the available facts, I think it *would* be permissible for this professor to show *Transparent *to his or her class. Andy On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 3:49 PM, Andrew Horbal <ahor...@umd.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > The exemption which fits this scenario most cl

Re: [Videolib] Amazon Prime

2016-10-14 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi all, The exemption which fits this scenario most closely is 17 USC 110(1) , the classroom screening exemption, not 17 USC 107 fair use. The question is, I think, whether or not Lake Forest College agreed to not engage in behavior permitted by

[Videolib] Job Announcement: Digital Projects Librarian

2016-08-25 Thread Andrew Horbal
Dear Videolib-ers, The University of Maryland posted a Digital Projects Librarian position this morning that you may be interested in! Here's a link to more info: https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/45346 Sorry for any cross-posting! Andy Horbal Head of Learning Commons 1101 McKeldin Library

Re: [Videolib] Nonprofit exemption

2016-06-07 Thread Andrew Horbal
iographic > 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 in

[Videolib] streaming rights for TV series?

2016-05-18 Thread Andrew Horbal
sed on password protected systems for classes. I also assume universities will announce this "best practice" and make studios and publishers aware of their actions. > > > On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Andrew Horbal <ahor...@umd.edu> wrote: >> >> The legal basis fo

Re: [Videolib] streaming rights for TV series?

2016-05-17 Thread Andrew Horbal
he other requirements, > could be justified this way. More than that would probably start being > questionable. > > Peter > > > > > Peter Shirts > Music and Audiovisual Librarian > Acting Department Head, Sinclair Library > > University of Hawai'i at Mānoa >

Re: [Videolib] streaming rights for TV series?

2016-05-17 Thread Andrew Horbal
rest ( sorry but that is true) and literally > no legal basis to make such a claim. > > Seriously this does not pass the smell test if you claim that any work ( > theater, TV, Film, Novel) produced for "entertainment" can be used and > copied free of charge for &qu

Re: [Videolib] streaming rights for TV series?

2016-05-17 Thread Andrew Horbal
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 > co

Re: [Videolib] using short films for an online class

2016-04-05 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Monique, A person's relationship to a university or lack thereof does not have any bearing on a fair use analysis. Fair use is a defense that is available to everyone, everywhere, so I would definitely encourage your patron to consider whether their use qualifies! On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 10:14

[Videolib] Brandon Butler on "Transformative Teaching and Educational Fair Use after Georgia State"

2016-01-28 Thread Andrew Horbal
Ahoy Videolib-ers! Brandon Butler and the Georgia State case have both been discussed frequently on this listserv over the years, so I thought some of you may be interested in reading the former's Connecticut Law Review article on the latter! Here's a link:

Re: [Videolib] websites with movie scripts

2016-01-26 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Sarah, The "Disclaimer" page on the IMSDB website contains the text of 17 USC 107 (the fair use exemption) along with a note that says "[a]ll scripts on this site are educational purposes only," which I assume is the site's argument for how their use of

Re: [Videolib] Fair Use Citation Question

2015-11-23 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Jodie, Jessica may be right that the author of your guideline appears to be conflating two different sections of copyright law, 17 USC 107, fair use, and 17 USC 108, which covers exceptions to copyright for libraries and archives, including the right to make copies under certain

[Videolib] IRDL call for applications

2015-11-02 Thread Andrew Horbal
Dear Videolib-ers, I am very pleased to pass along a call for applications from the Institute for Research Design in Librarianship. I was accepted into last year's IRDL with a proposal about faculty use of and preferences for educational streaming video resources. I learned more about

Re: [Videolib] New 1201 exemptions

2015-10-28 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Michael, I’ve was holding off on responding to this thread until I’ve had a chance to peruse the new exemptions, but I’m not positive I’m going to get around to this before the weekend, so, briefly: the exemptions only apply to the DMCA’s prohibition on overriding technological copy

Re: [Videolib] American Archive of Public Broadcasting Launches

2015-10-28 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi everybody, A few thoughts on some of the recent posts in this thread: 1. Whether or not use by a professor in face-to-face teaching can qualify as a "personal" use is a gray area, in my opinion. As far as I know, there's no case law which provides clarity on the matter. Informally, I would

[Videolib] FW: [copyrightx-alumni] CopyrightX 2016 application is now Live

2015-10-19 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Videolib-ers, Please find below a call for applications for this year’s CopyrightX course from Harvard Law School and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Next to law school, this is, for my money, the single best way to learn more about copyright, a very popular subject on this

[Videolib] Symptom Media

2015-08-31 Thread Andrew Horbal
Dear Videolib-ers, On behalf of a colleague at another institution, I am looking for information about a streaming video resource called Symptom Media, which appears to only have been mentioned on this listserv once before (in a post about programming at

[Videolib] FW: [MdHCC] AV Conference in Baltimore - September 25

2015-07-02 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Videolib-ers, Those of you in the Baltimore/DC area may be interested in the conference below. Apologies for any cross-postings! Andy Horbal Head of Learning Commons 1101 McKeldin Library University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 (301) 405-9227 ahor...@umd.edu From:

Re: [Videolib] Roku circulation

2015-07-01 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Maxwell, First sale only applies to *sales* of films, which is less obvious a statement than it seems, since Vudu’s terms of servicehttp://www.vudu.com/termsofservice.html state the following: “In order to access and use the VUDU Service, you must open an account online […] When you

Re: [Videolib] Question about Scene Selections etc

2015-06-18 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Jonathan, I personally find chapter stops/scene selections to be highly useful for film criticism and film studies, as they make it much easier to navigate directly to the scene I'm interested in writing about. My notes always include both a timestamp and a chapter notation when one is

Re: [Videolib] Have permission to copy VHS series to DVD--but cannot locate a copy-able tape!

2015-05-20 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi everybody, As always, I am not a lawyer, so this should not be construed as constituting legal advice! That said, 17 U.S. Code § 1201(a)(3)(A)https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/1201 defines “circumvent a technological measure” as meaning “to descramble a scrambled work, to decrypt

[Videolib] U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index

2015-04-28 Thread Andrew Horbal
/index.html The index is searchable by court and subject matter. Great stuff! Andy From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Horbal Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 2:04 PM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: Re: [Videolib

Re: [Videolib] faculty use of VHS converter

2015-04-28 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Jennifer, The rights and obligations available under 17 USC §108 extend only to library/archive-owned copies of works, and thus do not provide any protection or guidance to your patron, even though what they want to do is arguably analogous to the kind of uses a library or archive is

Re: [Videolib] Help finding info

2014-12-04 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Merle, I recently conducted a literature review which included articles on the evolution of educational pricing. Everything I found on that topic is included on the attached Word file! Andy Horbal Media Resources Librarian 0300 Hornbake Library University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

Re: [Videolib] Libraries that stream their own titles

2014-09-30 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Jessica, Just out of curiosity, would the degree of your objection to streaming video course reserves change based on the level of access the institution in question provides? Most e-reserves program limit access to students with a course-specific username and password, and some require

Re: [Videolib] Libraries that stream their own titles

2014-09-30 Thread Andrew Horbal
:52 PM, Andrew Horbal ahor...@umd.edumailto:ahor...@umd.edu wrote: Hi Jessica, Just out of curiosity, would the degree of your objection to streaming video course reserves change based on the level of access the institution in question provides? Most e-reserves program limit access to students

Re: [Videolib] Libraries that stream their own titles (Carla Myers)

2014-09-30 Thread Andrew Horbal
Hi Scott, It would be interesting to attempt a comprehensive survey of the people responsible for classroom management at a set of institutions (the membership of CCUMC, maybe?) about how long they think it will be before they no longer support the use of physical media. I'd be happy to work

[Videolib] Streaming video licensing for gifts

2013-08-19 Thread Andrew Horbal
? Or is the fact that she is the producer and director sufficient, provided she has not signed any rights away. Thanks for your help! Andy Horbal (long-time reader, first-time poster) Andrew Horbal Media Resources Librarian 0300 Hornbake Library University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742