This blog post seems insightful: http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/2010/03/05/smoke-got-in-my-eyes/
On 3/7/2010 4:46 PM, Jessica Rosner wrote: > If one remembers the great old days of the production code when you were > not allowed to show a LOT of things, a strange thing happened. > Filmmakers got > extremely creative in getting "around" what they could NOT show and I > personally think they made better films. If they could not show two > people having sex they could show the walls of Jericho falling or a door > being blown open between two rooms. Imagine artists forced to be more > creative to get around restrictions. > > I actually only listened to the start of the clip (busy) day, but was > anything Lessig said related to the idea of stealing (sorry I mean > streaming) whole films without compensating the people who made them? > The issue of restrictions on using music, clips etc is an important > one, but not exactly the same as copying & using an entire work to > merely make it more accessible for students. > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Dennis Doros <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Just a note about the title of the article and some of the theory > that people have come up with that last few years. I deal with a lot > of artists and I've seen zero cases where copyright has strangled > creativity. It may hurt their film not to have a certain clip or > music, or cost a lot of money which people used to know how to raise > to pay for such things, and some films cannot be released now > without a ton of copyright work, but I have never seen a real artist > who couldn't figure out a solution or a way around it. In fact, most > of the great filmmakers I've met know ways to create works that > don't have copyright entanglements later on. > > Yes, copyright laws need to be rewritten and Lessig makes many good > points (though not totally to my liking), but this specific argument > is one that really annoys me. > > Best, > Dennis > Milestone Film & Video > > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Chuck McCann <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Wonderful video/discussion on Copyright: > > *Larry Lessig on laws that choke creativity* > > http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html > > Chuck > > > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Dennis Doros > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Chuck, > > Thank you for the link! I would say this is an extremely > balanced and correct reading of the events and the laws as > they stand. > > Best, > Dennis Doros > Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero > PO Box 128 > Harrington Park, NJ 07640 > Phone: 201-767-3117 > Fax: 201-767-3035 > email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > www.milestonefilms.com <http://www.milestonefilms.com> > www.arayafilm.com <http://www.arayafilm.com> > www.exilesfilm.com <http://www.exilesfilm.com> > www.wordisoutmovie.com <http://www.wordisoutmovie.com> > www.killerofsheep.com <http://www.killerofsheep.com> > AMIA Philadelphia 2010: www.amianet.org <http://www.amianet.org> > Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook! > > On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Chuck McCann > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > More on this topic here: > > > http://chaucer.umuc.edu/blogcip/collectanea/2010/03/ucla_to_start_streaming_entire.html > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Jessica Rosner > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > They can be sued and forced to stop BUT as a state > institution they won't have to pay any damages for > what they do. This makes it more expensive for > rights holders to sue them, but under the > circumstances I don't think they have any choice. > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Shoaf,Judith P > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Isn't there some legality involved, along the > lines that violation of intellectual property > laws is a federal crime but states (e.g. > California and its institutions) can't be sued > in federal court? > > Judy Shoaf, at a state institution. > > 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. > > > > > -- > Chuck McCann > Strozier Library Scholars Common > 850-644-5924 > http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/multimedia > http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/profile.php?uid=12569 > http://www.youtube.com/user/fsulibraries > > 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. > > > > > -- > Chuck McCann > Strozier Library Scholars Common > 850-644-5924 > http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/multimedia > http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/profile.php?uid=12569 > http://www.youtube.com/user/fsulibraries > > 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. > > > > > -- > Best, > Dennis Doros > Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero > PO Box 128 > Harrington Park, NJ 07640 > Phone: 201-767-3117 > Fax: 201-767-3035 > email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > www.milestonefilms.com <http://www.milestonefilms.com> > www.arayafilm.com <http://www.arayafilm.com> > www.exilesfilm.com <http://www.exilesfilm.com> > www.wordisoutmovie.com <http://www.wordisoutmovie.com> > www.killerofsheep.com <http://www.killerofsheep.com> > AMIA Philadelphia 2010: www.amianet.org <http://www.amianet.org> > Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook! > > 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. 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.
