Hi Sarah, The "Disclaimer"<http://www.imsdb.com/disclaimer/> page on the IMSDB website contains the text of 17 USC 107 (the fair use exemption) along with a note that says "[a]ll scripts on this site are educational purposes only," which I assume is the site's argument for how their use of copyrighted material qualifies as a fair use. Dailyscript.com's main page says simply "[t]hese are for Educational Purposes only." It seems probable to me that the authors of both sites are operating under the misapprehension that any "educational" use of copyrighted material is a fair use. Even if this was true, neither site has made a good argument for how their use qualifies as educational.
The NYFA link in question is from a blog authored by someone named Jack Picone. According to his LinkedIn page<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackpicone>, he is an "award-winning writer" and stand-up comedian who also appears to sidelight as the NYFA's Director of Affairs. I would not feel comfortable assuming that the fact the he links to these script websites means that he has vetted their compliance with copyright law. If I was in your shoes, I probably would not link to these websites on a library resource without first obtaining more information about whether or not the use of whatever individual script I was interested in was authorized. But, as they say, YMMV! Andy Horbal Head of Learning Commons 1101 McKeldin Library 7649 Library Ln. University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 (301) 405-9227 ahor...@umd.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Sarah E. McCleskey Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 1:14 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] websites with movie scripts Hi all, I have a professor who wants to make PDFs from websites with movie scripts. An example is Kramer vs. Kramer at http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Kramer-vs-Kramer.html. She also has a PDF of Scarface that she got somewhere, I think from this website http://www.dailyscript.com/index.html. She was telling me that Daily Script must be legit because the web page for the New York Film Academy (https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/10-great-websites-download-movie-scripts/) links to it... Am I being overly cautious? I am not going to post a PDF ripped from a sketchy site ... but I am even hesitant to link to these sites. Advice?? Sarah
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