Karen, Although Howard Besser and Walter Forsberg's work on the Video at Risk project mostly had to do with reformatting deteriorating VHS, there may still be useful information here about how they went about searching for and contacting copyright holders.
http://www.nyu.edu/tisch/preservation/research/video-risk/ http://www.nyu.edu/tisch/preservation/research/video-risk/VideoAtRisk_SECTION108_Guidelines_2013.pdf Cheers, Matt ___________________ Matt Ball Director, Woodruff Library Pace Academy 966 W. Paces Ferry Rd. Atlanta, GA 30327 mb...@paceacademy.org videolib@lists.berkeley.edu writes: >Thank you, Jessica. I suppose we can also make a case based on age and use >that items in our collection are deteriorating. Our problem is that most of >our patrons don’t have a VHS player at home; there are none in our classrooms. >The material, as >a result, is not being used. Those that are consist of off-beat titles that >aren’t the major candidates for publishers to migrate forward to a more >popular media. These, and the so-called “orphan works”, will be our biggest >challenge in >clearing permissions to reformat. > >Best, Karen > >From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu >[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner >Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 2:31 PM >To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu >Subject: Re: [Videolib] Copyright searches for videotape > > > >Well at the risk of being jumped on VHS does not fit the copyright code >definition of an obsolete format so unless you document that every VHS you are >weeding is literally in the process of deteriorating not just a pain in the >neck to use the >law does not let you make digital copies. I have VHS copies that are 30 years >old and just fine and would a lot worse if I transferred them to digital >format. > > > > > >On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Brown, Karen E <[ mailto:kebr...@albany.edu >]kebr...@albany.edu> wrote: > > >Dear colleagues: >The University at Albany, SUNY, is in the process of weeding VHS materials >held in our general collection, all of which was commercially produced. >Regarding those titles for which a more current format is not available we >will need to obtain >copyright clearance before we consider reformatting. >We are wondering if there are other educational institutions that have worked >through a project such as this that have “video copyright searching” >documentation tools or data that they would be willing to share to assist us. >Thank you in advance for your input and advice. >Best, >Karen E.K. Brown >Head, Preservation Department >University at Albany Libraries >1400 Washington Ave, Room SL 310 >Albany, NY 12222 >Tel. [ tel:%28518%29%20437%203923 ](518) 437 3923 > > > > > > > >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. > > > ___________________ Matt Ball Director, Woodruff Library Pace Academy 966 W. Paces Ferry Rd. Atlanta, GA 30327 mb...@paceacademy.org
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.
