The Georgia State ruling merely reinforces what has always been true about "fair use" that it is for using the smallest possible portion of a work to create a new one. I am sadly not expecting ARCL, VRA EFF or others to suddenly admit oh I guess we were wrong about using an entire work. I would even point out that the the ruling emphasized that since the works involved where all non fiction and aimed at the educational market they got more leeway. I have no problem with 10% but it is likely that would actually be too much for standard fiction feature film . On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Dennis Doros <milefi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To be fair to one and all, I think that all prior studies and reports will > now have to be reconsidered or ammended to take in account the Georgia > State decision which does have some positive aspects for the librarians. > We've all discussed how the vague guidelines for fair use can be and how we > all needed a court decision to clarify and define the laws. And for now, > the 10% is the new guideline -- though any appeal would most likely change > that for better or worse. > > As a distributor, I've always been uncomfortable with clips of my films on > the internet longer than five minutes, but I could live with 10% for > educational use. > > -- > Best regards, > Dennis Doros > Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero > PO Box 128 / Harrington Park, NJ 07640 > Phone: 201-767-3117 / Fax: 201-767-3035 / Email: milefi...@gmail.com > Visit our main website! www.milestonefilms.com > Visit our other websites! www.comebackafrica.com www.yougottomove.com > www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com > www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com > <http://www.killerofsheep.com/> > Support "Milestone Film" on > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milestone-Film/22348485426> > and Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/MilestoneFilms>! > See the website: Association of Moving Image > Archivists<http://www.amianet.org/> and > like them on > Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-of-Moving-Image-Archivists/86854559717> > > AMIA 2012 Conference, Seattle, WA, December > 4-7!<http://www.amiaconference.com/> > > > 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. > >
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