--- Forwarded Message from Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:41:05 -0400 >From: Judy Shoaf <[log in to unmask]> >User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #8970.1 Video clips >References: <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> > So is it circumventing the coding to take the analog output of a DVD player > and send it to a digital media converter to capture the video with or > without subtitles? I know the quality is slightly lower but by the time you > compress it it shouldn't make any difference.-- Tom Browne The encoding in question is installed to prevent copying (or, in the case of regional encoding, to prevent its being played on a different region player. I believe the anti-copying encoding is called RSS. In order to "rip" a clip from a disk with RSS, one needs a program or player which circumvents the anti-copying/regional code. It is not difficult to do this but it is illegal. The ruling allowing film and media instructors to circumvent these codes implies that the act of creating a short clip for classroom use (face-to-face teaching) from a piece of media that does *not* have this encoding is legal. That is to say, the reformatting necessary to make a video clip from a VHS or DVD falls under fair use. As you note, the original will look better, but sometimes clips are more convenient. I should add that some DVD companies on the videolibrarians' list (notably Kino) think it is fine to make a clip from their videos for classroom use, whether or not it involves circumventing a RSS code. Judy Shoaf *********************************************** 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 Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************