-------- Original Message -------- 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 <[log in to unmask]> CC: [log in to unmask] References: <[log in to unmask]> Does anyone know what the copyright situation is in Canada? Thank you, Francesco -- Dr. Francesco Ciabattoni Assistant Professor of Italian 3047 Mc Cain Building Department of French Dalhousie University 6135 UNIVERSITY AVE. HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, B3H 4P9 CANADA tel: (902) 494-6278 fax: (902) 494-1626 ----- Original Message ----- 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 To: [log in to unmask] > -------- 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 > > <[log in to unmask]> > References: <[log in to unmask]> > > > > "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 > > > > > > > > > -- > ********************************************************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for > Language Learning (, and The Consortium for Language > Teaching and Learning ( > Join IALLT at > Otmar K. Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > ********************************************************************************** -- ********************************************************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning (http://iallt.org/), and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://www.languageconsortium.org/). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar K. Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) **********************************************************************************