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>Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:54:09 -0500
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6463 Licensing fees for Streaming Video
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This is an interesting thread.
With audio, most textbook companies extend the same rights as they did for 
copying tapes (i.e. no charge to stream it so long as access is restricted 
to students at the university who have bought the book). The one company 
that wanted to charge us for streaming audio asked quite a substantial fee 
(about $500/year for 2 years' worth of audio material, about 14 hours' 
worth I think).
Video has always had much more restrictive legal and explicit protections 
than audio (e.g. playing a video for an invited audience on campus would be 
a public performance, a copyright violation; playing an audiorecording 
would not). I guess this comes from the fact that records need to be heard 
in public or on the radio in order to sell copies, whereas video makes its 
money by selling viewing rights.
It seems to me that with video the charges should be comparable to 
broadcasting.

Waiting to hear what the reals tory is--

Judy Shoaf
University of Florida

At 11:56 AM 1/14/02 -0500, you wrote:
>--- Forwarded Message from Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:56:24 -0800 (PST)
> >From: Joseph Kautz <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information 
> Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Licensing fees for Streaming Video
> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>
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>We would like to stream a couple of hours of German from the Fokus Deutsch
>series but the publisher is charging 400.00 per year as a licensing fee.
>Does this seem like a fair offer?  Are other institutions paying similar
>fees for the right to stream video and audio?
>I would appreciate hearing about other folks'experience.  Joseph Kautz -
>Stanford Language Lab
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