Here's a scenario that I don't think we've run across before: The library purchased a VHS video art tape from Electronic Arts Intermix with the usual limited PPR. A student wants to exhibit the piece continuously as part of her MFA thesis show, and because an exhibition copy with rights costs $900, the student is negotiating with EAI for a lower price and permission to make a DVD copy of the library's VHS tape.
Question: Who needs the permission to make a copy? The student or the library? Does it make a difference if the copy is made in-house or outsourced? The student is under the assumption that she can check out the $300 tape from the library and bring it to a video transfer shop. If permission to copy was not granted to the library, would the library be infringing for allowing the student to copy its copy? Thanks, Janice Woo, Director of Libraries California College of the Arts 5212 Broadway Oakland CA 94618 510.594.3660 || libraries.cca.edu 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.
