Re: [Videolib] Legality of viewing segments of a DVD

2012-01-05 Thread Reichert, Allen
bein University Westerville, OH 43081 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Gangwer, Valerie Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 4:26 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Legality of viewing segments of a DVD I agree wi

Re: [Videolib] Legality of viewing segments of a DVD

2012-01-05 Thread Gangwer, Valerie
I agree with Gary on this one. Snippets that add up to 5 minutes from a film is fair use. Val Gangwer On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:12 PM, James Leftwich wrote: > > Hello, > > I work for a for-profit college so classroom exceptions do not apply. I > have a professor who wants to screen the feature "T

Re: [Videolib] Legality of viewing segments of a DVD

2012-01-05 Thread Jessica Rosner
Yes and profit/non profit issue is not directly effected by "fair use" which covers both. You probably have a tad more flexibility if you were non for profit but, what you have described is EXACTLY what "fair use" covers. On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:14 PM, wrote: > Smells like fair use to me... > >

Re: [Videolib] Legality of viewing segments of a DVD

2012-01-05 Thread ghandman
Smells like fair use to me... Gary Handman > > Hello, > > I work for a for-profit college so classroom exceptions do not apply. I > have a professor who wants to screen the feature "Thank You for Smoking" > in > a classroom setting however he will not be screening the entire film. He > will be

[Videolib] Legality of viewing segments of a DVD

2012-01-05 Thread James Leftwich
Hello, I work for a for-profit college so classroom exceptions do not apply. I have a professor who wants to screen the feature "Thank You for Smoking" in a classroom setting however he will not be screening the entire film. He will be choosing 5-6 snippets of the film (5 minutes long). Do I n