Just received the email below from our faculty computing. My gut reaction to this is no way, clearly outside the bounds of Kastenmeier guidelines, not legally acquired, etc. Does anyone have an argument in favor of putting these home-taped TV shows onto a DVD for in-class use?
FCS received a request from a professor to digitize video from 2 VHS tapes. The video on the VHS are episodes from TV[personally recorded]. 1. Boston Legal [Conflicts- accepting a client who is suing another lawyer of your firm] 2. Law and Order [Ethics Episode] The video is used during his lecture. Are we able to digitize this video for him? Sarah E. McCleskey Head of Access Services Acting Director, Film and Media Library 112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549-1230 516-463-5076 sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu [cid:image001.png@01CAA8D4.2E740910]
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