I took that MOOC and really enjoyed it a LOT. It sharpened my sense re. a lot of the legal problems, and clarified that one does indeed have to consider situations on a case by case basis.
However. At one point I was discussing in the MOOC, with another student, a Particular Situation (I forget just what) the way they taught it, and reasoning through it along those lines. The next day I ran into the exact same situation in my job, and I discovered that I could not follow through—there were clearly restrictions which prevented fair use, or defined unfair use, regarding an item we wanted to copy or distribute. Judy Shoaf From: Bogage, Alan Here’s a post from Duke faculty/lawyer who presented recent MOOC on copyright which seems to support limited and reasonable portion, not the whole film. http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2006/12/26/digital-video-in-a-blackboard-course-site/ However – note: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2011/10/judge-suggests-dmca-allows-dvd-ripping-if-you-own-the-dvd/ So, we wish there was a definitive ruling on this but still seems to be case-by-case. Alan Bogage Senior Director of Library, Media, and Distance Learning Carroll Community College 1601 Washington Rd. Westminster, MD 21157 410-386-8339 www.carrollcc.edu<http://www.carrollcc.edu/>
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