Personally I never have an issue with clips and think the MPAA is insane to focus on them at all. I shudder over issues of artistic quality, but for a legal ethics class using TV shows, this is not exactly a problem. Clips should fall under "fair use" and if you use VHS rather than DVD to start with, you won't be violating the DMCA. I am sure the studios would find some reason to object, but per above, they can't see the forest for the trees anyway.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:53 PM, Shoaf,Judith P <jsh...@ufl.edu> wrote: > > > Jessica noted: Second, you can't just tape anything off air and use it > forever. > > > > The guidelines are that you can use it once within a week after the > broadcast plus once more, and then it has to be erased within 40 days or > replaced with a purchased copy, right? > > > > I am wondering if this professor actually wants to show the entire episode > in class, or just clips. He might want the whole thing digitized so that he > can extract clips for class. > > What about this scenario: > > Professor taped episodes off TV. > > He purchased the DVD box sets with the appropriate episodes. > > The DVDs are copy protected so he can’t legally (until Gary’s comments get > validated by the Library of Congress) get clips from them. > > Could he use the taped versions as a source of clips? > > > > > > Judy Shoaf > > 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. > >
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.
