I understand that "soverign immunity" was an issue in an early attempt to address the UCLA streaming video situation. So this decision in the Georgia State copyright suit may have further implications there.
"Last Thursday Judge Orinda Evans issued an order denying the motion to dismiss made by GSU on sovereign immunity grounds and setting a date ( May 16 ) for a trial." More info at Kevin Smith's "Scholarly Communications @ Duke" blog: http://bit.ly/e5Vz7o -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Mail Code 1006 Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu 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.