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Library Copyright Alliance Enters the Online Video Discussion

By Georgia Harper

I meant to post this information when it came out recently but better late than never. For those of you following the conversation on whether or not the law permits educational institutions to stream entire movies or videos within an online course, the Library Copyright Alliance has joined the discussion with an issue brief accessible from this site: http://www.arl.org/news/pr/Streaming-Films-19feb10.shtml One of the brief's authors is CIP's own Peter Jaszi, and the brief is certainly a valuable contribution to the debate. Some of the press reports I have seen about it, however, almost suggest that the brief settles the matter and institutions can rely on it for both policy and practice purposes. It is being stated that the library associations have determined that this practice is well within the law and the light is green. It will be interesting to see whether policies or practices at institutions change in reliance on this issue brief - I would caution that, as usual, the press may be overstating the conclusions or analysis presented. Peggy

Full post as published by ©ollectanea on February 26, 2010 (boomark / email).