Re: fair use of videotapes

> To: Multiple recipients of list <cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org>
> Subject: fair use of videotapes

Rita Reusch asked:
>
> Here's a question for the group, posed by a clinical faculty member here:
>
> She would like to know if she can take a commercially-produced videotape and
> make an edited copy for use in classroom presentations. This would not be a
> backup copy, which recent discussion again confirms cannot be done, and it
> would not otherwise come under the section 108(h) proscription (altho it
> could involve a library-purchased tape). An example she used was making a
> tape of several of the attorney/client scenes in "Kramer v Kramer." Is
> there anything to prevent a straight fair use analysis of this situation?
>
> Rita Reusch
> Law Library Director
> University of Utah
> Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
>
> Voice: 801-581-6594
> Fax: 801-581-6897
> Internet: reusch[_at_]admn1.law.utah.edu
>
>
>I think a straight fair use analysis is appropriate. Tho' I'm not
certain about the result, I feel pretty strongly that this use would be considered fair. Clearly she could show the entire film in class for instructional purposes. Why then should she not be able to select specific scenes for the same purpose? Received on Fri Oct 01 1993 - 19:16:39 GMT