Hi, A link to the press release explaining UCLA's official position can be seen here:
http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/campus-to-re-start-streaming-of-15 4601.aspx Legal discussions of various aspects of the case can be found online from Educause to Techdirt to the Sloan Consortium, as well as AIME's site. - - Roger Brown Manager UCLA Instructional Media Collections & Services 46 Powell Library Los Angeles, CA 90095-1517 office: 310-206-1248 fax: 310-206-5392 rbr...@oid.ucla.edu > >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 13:43:43 -0400 >From: Jessica Rosner <jessicapros...@gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Videolib] UCLA case >To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu >Message-ID: <BANLkTin76Q1tE6Hgv=sf0zz1pftjqf4...@mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Hey I am all for that. I think some of their documents are on the AIME >site.I can tell for a fact that 99% of the films they streamed did not >have >Public Performance Rights. Again the list of films they admitted to >streaming as of over a year ago was in the 1700 range and included tons of >Hollywood feature films, Foreign Films, Classic films and educational >documentaries. They did not specifically indicate if they had streamed all >those films in their entirety, but their claim was they had the right to >and >had clearly done it. > >I would really love to hear someone from UCLA talk about the list of films >and how they did it. > > >On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:34 PM, <matthew.wri...@unlv.edu> wrote: > >> Since I have not read all the legal pleadings, it would be helpful if >> someone from UCLA could post a response to this list explaining exactly >>what >> they did do (and I am new to the list so I apologize if this was done >> before). It would be helpful to hear from someone at UCLA describe what >> they streamed and how they did it (did they use a proxy server so all >> students on campus have access and from home or just for specific >>courses >> through course management software? Did they stream titles in which >>they >> had paid for public performance rights or feature films? How many >>films did >> they stream?). Others on this list have made factual statements about >>what >> UCLA did, but I don't think I've heard from anyone at UCLA say what they >> did. >> >> Matthew >> >> Matthew Wright >> Head of Collection Development and Instructional Services >> William S. Boyd School of Law >> University of Nevada Las Vegas >> 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 451080 >> Las Vegas, NV 89154-1080 >> (702) 895-2409; (702) 895-2410 (fax) >> >> 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.
