The URL explains the case really well. Thanks to Deg for sharing this important information!
Best, Junior Junior Tidal Web Services and Multimedia Librarian CUNY New York City College of Technology 300 Jay Street Brooklyn, NY 11210 718.260.5481 >>> 04/02/12 11:11 AM >>> This sounds completely bogus...the case hasn't even made it thru appellate court yet... gary > FYI > > Anyone else receive this or hear anything about this ruling? > > -deg > > deg farrelly > ASU Libraries > Arizona State University > P.O. Box 871006 > Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 > 480.965.1403 > > ________________________________________ > Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2012 9:45 AM > To: Deg Farrelly > > Breaking News Alert > The New York Times > Sunday, April 1, 2012 -- 12:31 PM EDT > ----- > > Supreme Court rules on copyright for educational video > > In a surprise ruling the Supreme Court has determined that educational use > of commercial video by means of streaming services falls within the > face-to-face teaching exemption (Section 110) of U.S. copyright law. > Based on arguments in the AIME v UCLA lawsuit, this ruling provides > educational institutions permission to digitize and stream videos from any > source, provided those materials were legally acquired. > > Read More: > http://tinyurl.com/nytimes-supreme-court-on-video > > About This E-Mail > You received this message because you are signed up to receive breaking > news > alerts from NYTimes.com. > > To unsubscribe, change your e-mail address or to sign up for daily > headlines > or other newsletters, go to: > http://www.nytimes.com/email > > NYTimes.com > 260 Seventh Ave. > New York, NY 10016 > > 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. 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.