[Rumori] Wow, speak of the devil - academic use of film clips, part 2

[Tim Maloney]

This in my mailbox just today:


> This is to follow up on the brief conversation we had at the  
> Academic Affairs holiday party just before the break.  As I  
> mentioned there, the Library is proceeding with procurement of the  
> CLABS module from Cdigix as a way to make some of our AV materials  
> available digitally for assignments.  Assuming that the procurement  
> is successful we expect to be able to digitize about 150 items by  
> the end of the Spring semester and another 300 during the next  
> fiscal year.  We will be working with our AV Desk Coordinator and  
> our Reserves Coordinator to design a process that will select for  
> digitization those materials heavily impacting our desk operation  
> while ensuring compliance with fair use guidelines.  We hope to  
> pilot with a few instructors towards the end of the Spring semester  
> to get some sense of how this will work for them, their students,  
> and the Library and aim for a more comprehensive implementation in  
> the Fall.  For a look at how CLABS has been implemented at Yale  
> University, you can see the case study available at http:// 
> www.cdigix.com/website/cdigix/yaleCaseStudy.asp .
>

So, this is a violation of the DMCA, no?  Digitizing (copying) A/V  
materials (copyrighted feature films in the Radio/TV/Film Dept.) to  
some kind of centralized distribution server?  I'm curious to see if  
we get away with it...

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