Hi Reno and welcome to the list Unfortunately, I don't think your project would have any legal--i.e. fair use--leg to stand on whatsoever, snippit or not... It's one thing to extract a limited number of short clips for use in educational or scholarly contexts; it's another thing altogether to regularly compile and distribute such clips to the public at large. Your project sounds interesting, but I think it would put you and your library on very thin ice.
Gary Handman > > > > Hi there, > > > Greetings everyone, my name is Reno, and I am a > media librarian at the Port Washington Public Library in NY. This is my > first post, so thanks much for letting me participate in your forum. > Below is a question about a music sampler CD project > that I am working on…..since this list is entitled “Videolib”, I hope that > I am not too far off the general subject……if so, you can let me know, no > hard > feelings. > > > I was wondering if anyone might have some > feedback on the following issue: I’d like to create and offer a bi-monthly > music sampler CD that would contain ten songs – all by different artists – > to > expose our patrons to our newly acquired music. I am planning to offer > these sampler discs for loan on the honor system here at the Port Library. > Currently, I am researching the possible implications of doing so, > specifically whether or not any legal issues would arise. Someone I spoke > to suspects that one of the major “sticking points” would be the > reproduction > of a work (song) in its entirety without royalties being addressed. > He then suggested a possible compromise – instead of entire songs, > I could offer snippets of songs (30 to 60 seconds perhaps). Any idea > whether the copyright laws would permit the “snippets”? Any suggestions > on what my next steps should be? (i.e., speak with library’s legal > counsel…etc.) > > > > Many thanks, > > Reno Bracchi > > Librarian - Media Department > > Port Washington Public Library, NY > > > > 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. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut 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.
