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--- 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]>
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>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum
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>Subject: Re: #8970.1 Video clips
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> 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
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