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News from the British Universities Film & Video Council http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/news 14th December - BUFVC Open Afternoon and Annual General Meeting The BUFVC is holding an open afternoon and its Annual General Meeting on Thursday 14th December. Members and non-members are all welcome. Doors open at 12.45 (a sandwich lunch will be provided), followed at 14.00 by demonstrations of the BUFVC's new online ordering system for recordings from its off-air back-up service and the Box of Broadcasts digital off-air recording facility. There will also be a brief overview of plans to extend licensed access to off-air recordings for delivery online to distance learners. Following an informal discussion at 15.30, the formal proceedings of the AGM will take place at 16.00. Those attending the afternoon should inform Nancy Prall - 020 7393 1512, [log in to unmask] BUFVC welcomes Gowers Review of Intellectual Property report The BUFVC welcomes the publication of the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, commissioned by the Treasury and published last week. The independent Review investigated the UK Intellectual Property Framework, and the published report will have a significant impact on the preservation, access and use of time-based media. The BUFVC's submission to the Review addressed the use of copyright exceptions/exclusions, in particular, scholarly access to recorded moving image and sound, the extension of current licensing arrangements for use of formerly broadcast content, and the licensing of broadcast news for re-use in education. The Gowers report and original responses to the call for evidence (including that of the BUFVC) can be downloaded from http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/independent_reviews/gowers_review_intellectual _property/gowersreview_index.cfm. A response from the BUFVC to the published Review will be available shortly. BUFVC becomes Observer Member of the Film Archive Forum The BUFVC has been accepted as an Observer Member of the Film Archive Forum, the national body representing the interests of the UK's public sector moving image archives. The BUFVC was instrumental in establishing the Forum in 1987, and has since provided its secretariat and, until this year, its Chair. The BUFVC joins the British Library, the National Council on Archives and the National Archives as bodies with a national remit which, as Observers, have a direct interest in the Forum's objectives and future development. http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/news