Dennis Once again you have laid out clear and articulate statements from a film distributor/preservationist point of view.
I appreciate your efforts, and welcome the intellectual challenge you provide us all. You have given me fresh food for thoughtŠ and I am going to look closely at the sections of the copyright law that you reference. But in the meantime, I think it is imperative that we keep in mind that when I (or librarians of my ilk) talk about Section 108 duplication (with or without streaming in the mix) we are talking about titles that have been legally acquired in the first place, and researched for replacement without success. Titles purchased for the express purpose of curricular and research support. I welcome filmmakers, restorers, preservationists to step forward and say "We've restored this titleŠ" I will happily purchase a clear, clean copy to replace my cr@ppy VHS (Umatic? Laserdisc?) copy. You already know the extent to which I have supported commercial restoration. (Not enough I fear) Recently I was all set to preserve my laserdisc copy of the 1936 version of Show Boat, when I discovered that it had been re-released. MUCH happier to have the DVD than a dubbed copy. More recently I noticed our copy of This is the Army was lousy (and probably not a kosher copy to begin with) So I ordered a new copy. Librarians are NOT out to rip off publishers, as some would claim. And in the absence of a clear legal ruling on media duplication and streaming we (some of us anyway) are going to continue to exercise the rights as we ahd our legal counsels have interpreted the law. Please give Walter a big hello from me, and express my appreciation of his research and efforts. -deg On 3/16/15 7:10 PM, "videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu> wrote: >I'm having lunch with Forsberg tomorrow so I'll have to beat him up ... 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.
