Thank you all for this helpful (and prompt!) advice. I had considered, as Lisa suggested, making the DVD available for our use only, not putting it into OCLC, and not letting it go out on Interlibrary Loan. I think this is what we'll do. And Gail, our university does not have such a blanket license or contract for use of this kind of material. We're an extremely small school and this is about the only situation I know of that ever uses music in this way. Now I need to decide whether or not to take advantage of this "teachable moment" and talk with the faculty advisors of this production to let them know about what's required should they consider doing this next year! (My colleague and I are what pass for copyright 'experts' on our campus.)
Thanks again. Cary On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 1:37 PM, Gail Fedak <[email protected]> wrote: > MTSU has a contract with at least one of the major music > producers/distributors that covers any song in their "catalog" for use in > student projects. Before you proceed to ask the students, or try > yourself, to secure rights to the individual songs, I recommend you check > with your university counsel's office or student affairs/programming office > to find out if your campus has such a contract. If so, ask for details. If > not, proceed with the advice already offered. > > Good luck, > > Gail > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] [ > [email protected]] on behalf of Cary Jardine [ > [email protected]] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 20, 2012 11:57 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Videolib] Use of music in student productions > > Dear list...I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this question but this > is not really my forte so I'd love to hear from those whose forte it is! > Here's the situation: > > Every spring, students in one of our programs put on a dance performance > on our campus for students, staff, faculty, and I think anyone else who > wants to drop in. This year they also put on the performance in the > evening at an off-campus venue, filmed it, and have now asked the library > to make the DVD available for circulation. I'm a reference librarian but > also our cataloger and as I was watching the DVD to get some information > about it for the catalog record, I saw the list of dances and the specific > music (most of it current/modern/popular) that had accompanied each > piece. Of course now I'm wondering whether the students A, needed > permission to use this music in this situation (I think so) and B, if so > whether they actually obtained permission (I doubt it). Here's my > question: should permission have been obtained for the music used in the > performance, and if so should the library accept and circulate the DVD if > permission was not obtained? > > Thanks in advance for any advice. I'm an avid reader of this list; you > guys all know so much more about this stuff than I do! > > Cary Jardine, MLS > Research and Instruction Librarian > Antioch University New England > Keene, NH 03431 > 603.283.2405 > [email protected] > > > > > > > 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.
