Hello lis-linkers
I would like to pick your collective brains about lending restrictions on
videos in your libraries. I am particularly interested to see what academic
libraries do about lending commercial pre-recorded tapes which are
supposedly only for the personal home viewing of the purchaser. The
copyright statement on the boxes may vary but they are always very
restrictive and seem to clearly prohibit lending.
However, the 'Copyright in further and higher education libraries' revised
and edited by Sandy Norman, 4th edition, 1999 states
Provided they are used for instructional purposes, the Act allows
commercially produced videos to be shown in educational establishments.
So phrases such as 'licensed for home use only' or 'may not be
performed in clubs, prisons or schools' may be ignored as long as
the audience consists of students and those giving instruction only.
Also case law examples seem to be concerned with copying of videos rather
than lending of pre-recorded videos.
So, concerning commercially produced videos, can you tell me...
>>do you lend videos or just allow viewing within the library?
>>if you lend for how long can they be borrowed?
>>do you attach any extra notes concerning restriction of use/emphasising
that the video should not be copied etc?
>>do you restrict borrowing to certain types of user and if so who?
>>do you treat ERA produced videos differently and if so how?
>>do you charge for the loan of any of these?
Thank you for your help. I will make the results available to all if
required.
Mary Pelowski
Assistant Librarian (User Services)
The Albert Sloman Library
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex
CO4 3SQ
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