Thanks Judith. The specific DVD our faculty is asking is sold separately by the publisher to accompany a set of audio CDs, a workbook, and the textbook in print format. Each one has a separate price. My question is if I purchase the DVDs doesn't it effect the market? Students will buy the textbook, but will use the library DVDs instead of buying them. So isn't the library breaking the copyright law?
Farhad Moshiri, MLS Audiovisual Librarian University of the Incarnate Word 4301 Broadway - CPO 297 San Antonio, TX 78209 210-829-3842 ________________________________ From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Shoaf,Judith P [jsh...@ufl.edu] Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:16 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Textbooks & Copyright Re. the DVD that comes with the textbook and workbook for a language course—I can speak to that specific case because I run a language lab, aka language learning center, foreign language media resource, etc. I think it is reasonable and even important to make available to the students on campus copies of the a/v media which accompany textbooks. This is a different case from just making the textbooks available, and quite different from workbooks. 20 years ago, language labs helped textbook publishers ensure that students had access to “ancillaries”—the audio and video they needed to do their workbooks. The textbook publishers gave them to us free (almost always) with permission to duplicate and/or display them as needed so that the students could do their work. Publishers made their money (a lot of it) on the textbooks themselves and especially on the workbooks, which were printed on cheap paper and meant to be used up by the purchaser (no secondary market). I think there was some effort to ensure that, unlike say a Pimsleur course, these ancillaries were fairly meaningless without the purchase of a textbook and workbook. They had a term for the audio/video and even software drills, which meant “not expected to be sold for profit.” Typically now the publishers put the audio and video online themselves as part of an Online Activities Manual which may replace the old workbook. They control access to it—sometimes it is free, sometimes it requires the student to pay extra for a password good only for 1 year. Alternatively, they may package the textbook with CDs or DVDs; this can be problematic though because the media items can be damaged or go astray, particularly in the secondhand market. So it is indeed very handy to have copies available. Judy Shoaf Language Learning Center University of Florida ________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance.
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