Okay, here's where I almost entirely agree with Jessica. To me, this "other" Kevin (this one ain't from Jersey) Smith's article has nothing to do with copyright and library's rights, but an internet illness based on utopian expectations leading to faulty thinking. Jessica's argument, however, doesn't take into account that this guy's reasoning has a fatal flaw past the morality and ethics of it.
I dislike this article intensely by Smith because like most articles of this nature, it takes a specific case and blows it up from the *ab absurdo* (I believe my memory of Latin is correct) to a blanket conclusion. In other words, because you can't download one item, you should be able to download *all* items. What's the percentage of material out there that libraries can't buy in a more stable, higher quality format, ie. CDs. It's a very common disease in the digital age to insist that everything HAS to be available. It *should* be and maybe it will be one day, but that will take time, legislation and energy -- as well as increased taxes to support the arts. Rather than support the illegal download of copyrighted material, the *real* obvious conclusion is that the ALA should work with Itunes to come up with a secondary system for libraries that's fair and equitable. That's a huge amount of business they could have. Best regards, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video PO Box 128 / Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 / Fax: 201-767-3035 / Email: [email protected] Visit our main website! www.milestonefilms.com Visit our new websites! www.mspresents.com, www.portraitofjason.com, www.shirleyclarkefilms.com, To see or download our 2014 Video Catalog, click here <http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0150/7896/files/2014MilestoneVideoCatalog.pdf?75> ! Support "Milestone Film" on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milestone-Film/22348485426> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/#!/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 2014 Conference, Savannah, Georgia, October 8-11, 2014 <http://www.amianet.org/> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 9:03 AM, Laura Jenemann <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear videolib, > > > > A recent post from Kevin Smith (Duke’s Scholarly Communication Officer) on > digital-only music, and what libraries might or might not do about it: > > > http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2014/07/28/planning-for-musical-obsolescence/ > > > > Here are some comments that may resonate with media librarians: > > > > “At a recent consultation to discuss this problem, it was interesting to > note that several of the lawyers in the room encouraged the librarians to > just download the music anyway and ignore the licensing terms, simply > treating this piece of music like any other library acquisition. Their > argument was that iTunes and the LA Philharmonic really do not mean to > prevent library acquisitions; they are just using a boilerplate license > without full awareness of the impact of its terms. But the librarians were > unwilling.” > > > > Regards, > > Laura > > > > Laura Jenemann > > Film Studies/Media Services Librarian > > George Mason University > > 703-993-7593 > > [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.
