Hello Dennis, Thank you so much for your thoughts. In rereading my message, I realize I may not have been clear about the checking out of our Media closed reserves. The students are not expected to come in bunches to the library to watch these DVDs.
When an item is placed on closed reserve in our library, we allow one student at a time to check them out (the professor at this point is nowhere in the picture). Prior to the addition of our Learning Commons, there was only one place equipped for students to watch our Media closed reserve DVDs, and that was our viewing room. There have been instances where two or three students showed up at the same time, wanting to watch a DVD on closed reserve, and we've never turned them away (if that's when they are available to watch the item on reserve for their class assignment, then that's when they are going to have access to it). In the new environment, we would still check out the item to one student, and require then to use headphone, which we would also provide and check out to them. Would you still consider this scenario a violation of copyright law? Thanks, From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Dennis Doros Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 12:08 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] New Library Learning Commons and Media closed reserves Dear Anotella, Answering the specific question: if the professor is present and the screening can only be seen by the students in the class, I don't see a problem. But if it's open space for everybody and/or he's off downing jello shots, it does violate PPR. If it's film studies or any feature film and forgive me for the following, for this is a criticism of the teacher and not you: What kind of *&^#%$ teacher (and this is why I suggest you should check his alcohol levels) shows film in an open space where there's continuous noise interruptions and temptations of pizza and coffee from the cafe??? What kind of film experience needs comfy chairs? (a Monty Python reference, by the way.) Cinema, like any art, has the ability to change lives, but it's a lot tougher when somebody's shouting across the room to get them a latte or toss them a book. Was Kane's dying words, "Earbuds?" Did Rhett Butler actually say, "Frank, my dear, let's go to Birmingham?" Films should be seen in a dark room and the only sound should be coming from the speakers. Trust me, Martin Scorsese's screening room does not have a wet bar. So, the answer is no, for so many, many reasons. Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: milefi...@gmail.com<mailto:milefi...@gmail.com> www.milestonefilms.com<http://www.milestonefilms.com> www.ontheboweryfilm.com<http://www.ontheboweryfilm.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 Austin 2011: www.amianet.org<http://www.amianet.org> Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook! On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Antonella Ward <antonella.w...@angelo.edu<mailto:antonella.w...@angelo.edu>> wrote: Kind Videolib-L folks, I have what I think is an interesting question for you this morning. Apologies if this issue has been discussed ad nauseam before. I have not searched the list archives for possible answers to this dilemma. I oversee the Media collection in our library, and we have recently opened the doors to our new Learning Commons, equipped with the latest and greatest technology we could afford. Our Learning Commons consist of a wide open space, with couches, chairs, computers, tables, nooks, and plenty of 40-inch wide screen monitors. A faculty member recently placed a couple of our DVDs on closed reserve, and asked if his students could watch them on one of the monitors in our Learning Commons (where the seating is more comfortable, and they could grab a snack from our café with the movie). Before we had a Learning Commons, use of our Media closed reserves was limited to the Media area, where we have a dedicated viewing room with all the necessary equipment. Would we be in violation of copyright laws if we allowed our students to watch our closed reserves in the Learning Commons instead of our Media viewing room? I look forward to your thoughts on this matter. Respectfully, [?ui=2&ik=f5d6c53c2c&view=att&th=12d8072dcf7c7313&attid=0.0.1&disp=emb&zw] Antonella Ward Multimedia Support Librarian/Porter Henderson Library Angelo State University Member, Texas Tech University System ASU Station #11013 San Angelo, TX 76909-1013 Phone: (325) 942-2313 Fax: (325) 942-2198 antonella.w...@angelo.edu<mailto:antonella.w...@angelo.edu> ************************************************ "Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." (Samuel Johnson) 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.
