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Subject: Re: #8402.2 (!) Copyright Office grants exemption to copy
snippets of DVDs
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:19:02 -0400
From: FRANCESCO CIABATTONI <[log in to unmask]>
To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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Does anyone know what the copyright situation is in Canada?
Thank you,
Francesco
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Dr. Francesco Ciabattoni
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Department of French
Dalhousie University
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CANADA
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From: "Otmar Foelsche, LLTI -Editor" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:29 pm
Subject: #8402.2 (!) Copyright Office grants exemption to copy snippets of DVDs
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: #8402 Copyright Office grants exemption to copy snippets
>
> of DVDs
> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:53:49 -0500
> From: Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]>
> To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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> <[log in to unmask]>
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> "Audiovisual works included in the educational library of a college or
>
> university’s film or media studies department, when circumvention is
> accomplished for the purpose of making compilations of portions of
> those
> works for educational use in the classroom by media studies or film
> professors."
>
>
>
>
> Besides the "media studies or film professors" restriction, the
> exemption seems to depend on using DVDs purchased by the film/media
> department itself.
>
> Note that the assumption is that it is already OK to copy the portions
>
> of audiovisual works for a compilation to show in class. The exemption
>
> is to allow them to circumvent copy protection encoding
> ("circumventing
> access controls")that would make it impossible to accomplish this. But
>
> it affirms the basic right to use bits of films in teaching, and to
> make
> compilations of this sort.
>
> Judy
>
>
>
> Otmar Foelsche, LLTI -Editor wrote:
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Copyright Office grants exemption to copy snippets of DVDs
> > Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:07:58 -0600
> > From: George Mitrevski <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > The NYT reports that the Copyright office has granted exemption to film
> > professors to copy short snippets of DVDs for instructional
> purposes. I
> > wonder if it's limited to film professors, or does it apply to ANY
> > professors, such as language professors. Here is the NYT article:
> >
> > George.
> >
> > Foreign Languages tel. 334-844-6376
> > 6030 Haley Center fax. 334-844-6378
> > Auburn University
> > Auburn, AL 36849
> > home: www.auburn.edu/~mitrege
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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