The irony of that case is that Ambrose AIME simply did not have a fraction of financial resources of the "non profit " "educational institution" UCLA and none of the big bucks rights holders who would have had no issue re standing would get involved.
The webinar seemed such a mish mosh that I could not tell for sure what alleged legal case was for what argument On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Shoaf,Judith P <jsh...@ufl.edu> wrote: > Jessica, I believe that the webinar presenter was not relying on the GSU > case for the question of streaming an entire video, but on Judge Marshall’s > opinion in the UCLA case. The defendants argued that streaming the video > was time-shifting (as in the Sony Betamax case) of a classroom viewing > (allowed under Section 110). She said that was a good argument. **** > > ** ** > > Since Section 110 is also pretty specific about excluding this type of > streamed dramatic video in more than “reasonable and limited portions,” the > plaintiffs could certainly make a strong counter-argument. **** > > ** ** > > However, this case can’t be appealed (because it was dismissed on other > grounds and Ambrose/A.I.M.E. does not seem to be able to bring a meaningful > suit). So it will take another case to determine whether the time-shifting > argument is stronger than the “reasonable AND LIMITED portion” argument. * > *** > > ** ** > > Judy**** > > 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.
