Intended Audience
Librarian
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Date Created
2012
Description
These guidelines seek to clarify exemptions for copying audiovisual works under Section 108(c) of the United States Copyright Act and thereby enhance the ability of librarians to preserve their video collections. They provide guidance for interpreting and applying the specific language of 108(c), clarifying definitions of ‘damaged’, ‘deteriorating’, ‘replacement copies’, ‘reasonable effort’, ‘fair price’, ‘obsolete’, ‘public’, ‘circulate’, and others, in a useful eight guideline overview.
Format
Reference Material
Recommended Citation
Tisch School of the Arts,
"Video at Risk: Preserving Commercial Video Collections in Libraries"
(January 1, 2012).
A repository of copyright educational resources for higher education.
Element 13.
https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/cheer/library/all_crlibrary/13
Video at Risk: Preserving Commercial Video Collections in Libraries
These guidelines seek to clarify exemptions for copying audiovisual works under Section 108(c) of the United States Copyright Act and thereby enhance the ability of librarians to preserve their video collections. They provide guidance for interpreting and applying the specific language of 108(c), clarifying definitions of ‘damaged’, ‘deteriorating’, ‘replacement copies’, ‘reasonable effort’, ‘fair price’, ‘obsolete’, ‘public’, ‘circulate’, and others, in a useful eight guideline overview.
Comments
These guidelines were developed as part of the Video At Risk: Strategies for Preserving Commercial Video Collections in Libraries project, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.