Here was my original response to the individual quoted below regarding
the scenario, which stemmed out of a broader discussion on ILL practices:
"There are major copyright concerns with this scenario -- although I
agree there is value in pushing the envelope in certain areas (fair use
pertaini
Wow...
I wonder if this is the same discussion that stared today on the Digital
Copyright discussion list:
> We have had several professors request our media services to make DVD
> copie= s of VHS tapes that either belong to the university library or to
> their own private collection. Our librar
Anyone out there on Collib-l? If so, you might want to tune into a
conversation going on over there re: converting VHS to DVD without
adherence to copyright. Here's the last bit I received from someone who
appears to be advocating flouting copyright law just because it is
inconvenient / expen