Hi Mike Well...you've asked a question that gets at an argument that has probably garnered four or five hundred posts on this list (and others as well) in the last few years alone. The answer is hotly debated, to say the least, and is currently being tested in courts: UCLA vs Association for Media Information and Equipment (AIME)...
There are, in other words, no easy or definite answers. Take a look at the videolib archive and search under the keywords UCLA, ARL (which has developed a controversial set of Fair Use Best Practices) and you'll get a sampling of the conversations regarding your question. videolib archive is at: http://www.mail-archive.com/videolib@lists.berkeley.edu/ Older posts archived at: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/VideoLib/archive.html Gary Handman > There seems to be this notion from faculty at my campus that they can take > a program with copyright and place the entire movie on D2L or other online > sources. I don't believe a campus has the right to place an entire > program online for students to watch at their convenience. I don't > believe the TEACH Act or Fair Use cover this type of situation. If > someone can point to a particular piece of copyright law that would > illustrate this that would be helpful. > > Does anyone have specific examples of campuses be targeted/fined for > copyright infringement? > > I would appreciate any assistance you can provide. > > Thanks, > > Mike Schmitt > UW-Green Bay > > 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.
