RE: "Librarying" was "Bowdlerizing for Columbine"

From: Jan Velterop <jan[_at_]biomedcentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:01:21 -0000

Am I allowed to 'back-up' my human memory on to a computer, or even 'outsource' my memory to a computer? I'd like to do that as I've been forgetting ever since I remember.

Jan Velterop

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert A. Baron [mailto:robert[_at_]studiolo.org]
> Sent: 27 January 2003 13:48
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: "Librarying" was "Bowdlerizing for Columbine"
>
>
> At 03:25 PM 1/24/2003 -0800, Tyler Ochoa wrote:
> >As far as the consumer, the Supreme Court ruled in the
> Betamax case (Sony
> >v. Universal) that consumers had a fair use right to use a VCR for
> >timeshifting purposes. The Court did NOT rule that
> consumers had a fair
> >use right to keep the taped program after it had been viewed
> once. The
> >fact that many people do so doesn't make it legal, and I would be
> >extremely surprised if any court were to rule that
> "librarying" by an
> >individual was a fair use.
>
> If Tyler is correct about "librarying" not qualifying as a
> fair use, I
> wonder whether there might be implications for the kinds of "visual
> resources" collections kept by both academic departments
> (i.e. art history
> departments) and individuals. Here, typically, works created
> for use in
> specific courses are catalogued and kept for potential use at
> other times.
> Concurrently, they form a repository of catalogued images
> that may be used
> for research or for ad hoc use in lectures.
>
> While many images are obtained by license from vendors, many more are
> merely photocopied from books. Were schools required to photocopy for
> specific situations and then dispose of the copy, their
> educational mission
> would be severely undermined.
>
> I've heard of one department being forced to obtain
> permission for every
> use of every image. This department, if forced to continue
> this process
> will die an uncomfortable death. I can just imagine the
> lead-time required
> to obtain permission for a single course -- two or three
> years in advance
> seems appropriate. Among the consequences are the inability
> to teach about
> contemporary art and the inability to plan for hiring faculty.
>
> In educational cases and for educators as individuals
> "librarying" must be
> accepted as a fair use. Anyway, isn't "librarying" a kind of
> time-shifting
> also?
>
> Robert Baron
> robert[_at_]studiolo.org
>
>
> ===========================
> Robert A. Baron
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> http://www.studiolo.org
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>

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