???? are we disagreeing on something? I thought we would be in sync on this.
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:51 AM, <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu> wrote: > Arg! > > Let's stop and breath. There are two issues going on here: The DMCA > issues have (or had) to do with the proscription against breaking > encryption on DVDs to extract clips. The law was recently amended to > allow faculty in all disciplines an exemption to break extract DVD/digital > clips for use in instruction. > > The general right to use clips for teaching and scholarship is a broader > issue: it has to do with fair use...which I can spend the rest of the day > riffing upon, but won't (seeing as I'm off today and typing this in my > jammies) > > gary > > > > > 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. > > > > > 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. >
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.