You probably can't find it because it was a very recent update to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Here is a link http://www.copyright.gov/1201/
Prior to this change you would in fact not have been able to digitize clips because the DMCA forbid breaking encryption even for things that would otherwise fall under "fair use". Basically it is now legal to digitize a clip from a legal copy provided it would be covered by standard "Fair Use " applications. Jessica On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Ball, James (jmb4aw) < jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu> wrote: > Hi All, > > > > Can someone direct me to the area of copyright law that addresses the > digitization of clips? I haven’t had my full compliment of coffee yet and > can’t seem to find it. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Matt > > > > ________________________________________ > > > > Matt Ball > Media and Collections Librarian > University of Virginia > Charlottesville, VA 22904 > mattb...@virginia.edu<https://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=62fe60f092584617be4c37bdfc2dcf42&URL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia.edu>| > 434-924-3812 > > > > 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.
