[Air-L] Timely, yikes--do you need electronic access to library DVDs/Blu-Ray?

[Patricia Aufderheide]

We need your stories to help US researchers work better under the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act! (Filings are due Aug 18 to win waivers from the harsh penalties for de-encryption.)
Today's issue: film libraries are now allowed to unlock out-of-print DVDs and Blu-ray titles in their collections for replacement or preservation. But they are only allowed to provide access to these preservation/replacement copies on the library premises. Has this limitation interfered with your ability to perform research? Would your research activities benefit if the library would be able to provide you with remote access, e.g., stream the film to you? If so, could you provide examples of the sort of research that would benefit from remote access to out-of -print titles? A story about how your work was hampered by this limitation?
For these waivers, the Copyright Tribunal deals in specifics—they need evidence there's a problem, not hypotheticals.
If you have a story, please share TODAY with my awesome colleague Jonathan Band, jband at policybandwidth.com.
Or me, I can pass it on.
Your stories matter!
Thank you!


"칠전, 팔기"--Korean proverb (Seven falls, eight rises)
Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication
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Reclaiming Fair Use--t<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9beb-4819111bef9a&pf_rd_r=9A4S3CXHCD8R7GBY3C8P>he second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new chapters on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity!