So? Has anyone had an opportunity to read em? I've had several quick reads and it seems to me that the two most significant principles being supported relevant to video are:
1. A fair use justification for digitizing and delivering of library video collections to classes...pretty heavy! The notion of transformative use comes into play--shades of UCLA! On quick reading I find this principle more than a bit problematic: it says "It is fair use to make appropriately tailed course-related content available to enrolled students via digital networks" What does that mean, exactly, though? A fair use claim for digitizing DVDs and/or vhs tapes to support specific classes, regardless of content type, regardless of license availability? Regardless... I feel like I'm missing something. (If Pat Aufderheide is lurking...I'd really like to hear her thoughts). 2. Going beyond current 108 allowances by claiming fair use for a) "preemptive" preservation (not simply 108's requirement that the item being considered for preservation must demonstrate deterioration); and b) off-premises use of preservation copies to library patrons. (I didn't get the sense that the document supports network delivery of materials made under 108 provisions...) I'm interested in hearing what the rest of you think... gary 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.
