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Copyright Threats End UCLA Library’s Online Video System

Title:Copyright Threats End UCLA Library’s Online Video System (ID: CSD5851)
Topics:Audio or Video Networking, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Fair Use, public knowledge, Streaming Media, Video and Multimedia Production
Source:Public Knowledge
Origin:Community Contributions (02/05/2010)
Type:Blogs and Wikis
Abstract:

Michael Weinberg writes in a Public Knowledge blog, "Being able to watch videos on your own time is a great boon to students. There is no practical reason that a student has to be in a certain place at a certain time to watch a video for class. In a world of DVRs, being forced to take two hours in the middle of the day to hike down to the media lab seems like a waste of everyone¹s time. However, because UCLA is skittish about copyright liability, a single threat of suit is enough to shut down the entire Video Furnace system. Even if AIME¹s claim is completely valid, that does not mean that every video on UCLA¹s system is infringing. In fact, considering the discussion above, it is highly likely that most of the videos are not infringing. After all, the original article mentioned film students watching films for their film class."

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