Faye raises lots of important issues. We should get a group together to
discuss them further. I think there was some thought last year that the
electronic reserves task force would tackle these issues, but Laura and our
group are leaning to the conclusion that the people needed to deal with
video archive policies are different from the people needed to deal with
ereserves, and so it's probably better to convene a different policy group.
I have lots of opinions on the IP issues, but I don't think we have a
consensus yet.
One of the big unknowns in the IP area is how people are going to apply the
TEACH Act. My current feeling is that it will be fairly important, though
not as important as fair use. TEACH Act has lots of very specific
requirements, e.g. password protection, technological protection mechanisms,
and a different set of "amount" guidelines from those for fair use.
I agree with Faye completely that the UO really needs a centralized service
that would assist users (I'm thinking mostly of faculty and other courseware
developers, but this potentially applies to research publications as well)
in obtaining copyright clearances for use of media. Katy
Kronholm'scopyright clearance office is very tightly focused on printed
coursepacks. Music does a bit of copyright clearance with BMI and ASCAP,
but doesn't offer a service to the community. Nobody is prepared to clear
other media.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-lib-council@lists.uoregon.edu
[mailto:owner-lib-council@lists.uoregon.edu]On Behalf Of Faye Chadwell
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 1:03 PM
To: Andrew R. Bonamici; lib-council@lists.uoregon.edu
Cc: lwilley@darkwing.uoregon.edu
Subject: Re: lib-council: streaming media web page
Andrew,
This is a great start but I have just a couple of questions:
If I am a student who wants to offer my project to you, how do I know you
are going to safeguard my intellectual property?
Is there mechanism for submission similar to what JQ and Carol developed
for the institutional repository?
Are y'all going to explore or explain some more of the copyright issues for
depositing projects or using various types of materials here?
There are definitely some materials for which we absolutely cannot use this
technology, especially some of the videos, DVDs, recordings, photos, and
slides we have purchased or received as gifts--not even if we are only
showing a part of it.
When we begin purchasing materials for which we have streaming or
distribution rights, then how will this fit into the picture?
Just a couple of conversations I have had with the Campus Copyright office
indicated to me that they are not in a position to help our faculty users
navigate the use of nonprint materials for classroom use. Are we at a
point that the Libraries ought to be pressuring the campus to support this
more?
Faye
At 11:17 AM 7/29/2004, Andrew R. Bonamici wrote:
>http://libweb.uoregon.edu/med_svc/streaming-media/index.html
>
>Admin, Council & other interested parties:
>
>Here is a public web page for the streaming media service -- many thanks
>to Stacy, Andy, Tom & anyone else who helped get this ready! I think this
>warrants some wide promotion both within the libraries & across campus, so
>am alerting Ron also. In the meantime, check it out & see if there are
>additional features/info that you think would be helpful in making
>referrals and sharing information about this service with others on campus.
>
>BTW we need to begin moving away from use of "Virage" as a name for this
>service -- the brand may be evaporating due to mergers & acquisitions.
>
>ARB
>