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San Jose State University	LIBR 220-01 Libraries and the Law
School of Library & Information Science	Mary Minow

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In the event that a department library staff of a major university(let us say, the Education/Psychology Library at U.C. Berkeley) is approached by a professor with the donation of a video recorded copy (VCR, home recorded) of a PBS documentary to the library (with the intent of having it in the collection for faculty reserve), how does the library staff deal with this offer? With respect to copyright law, must the professional staff decline the offer? Again with respect to copyright law, must the professional staff purchase from PBS the video for the purpose of classroom use and classroom use only? Karen Paige
Marina Bacchetti
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In the event that a department library staff of a major university(let us say, the Education/Psychology Library at U.C. Berkeley) is approached by a professor with the donation of a video recorded copy (VCR, home recorded) of a PBS documentary to the library (with the intent of having it in the collection for faculty reserve), how does the library staff deal with this offer? With respect to copyright law, must the professional staff decline the offer? Again with respect to copyright law, must the professional staff purchase from PBS the video for the purpose of classroom use and classroom use only?	Karen Paige Marina Bacchetti There are two bibliographies for this question

Back to List of Legal Questions Encyclopedic Resources:

Black's Law Dictionary
American Jurisprudence
Corpus Juris Secundum

Secondary Resources:

American Law Reports (A.L.R)
American Law Reports, Federal (A.L.R., Fed)

Relevant subject headings:

"Fair use doctrine" (A.L.R.)
"Video and electronic games" (A.L.R.)
"Motion pictures and videotapes" (A.L.R.)
"Videotape cassette copies" (C.J.S.)

Additional Resources:

West's Federal Practice digest 3d (1984-88); 4th (1989-present)
U.S. Supreme Court Digest
West's California Digest 2d (1981-present)
United States Codes Annotated_ (Title 17 Code)

Statutory Resources:

Infringement, Parody as Copyright Infringement of Fair Use Under Federal Copyright Act (17 USCS 101 et seq.)
Fair Use Doctrine -- extent of doctrine of fair use under Federal Copyright Act (23 ALR 3d 139)

Case Law: The following cases were found in Corpus Juris Secundum, Lexis, and Findlaw.

Sony Corporation v. Universal City Studios, Inc. (1984) 464 U.S. 417
Dowling v. United States (1985) 473 U.S. 207
Harper and Row v. Nation Enterprises (1985) 471 U.S. 539
Capital Cities Cable, Inc. v. CRISP (1984) 467 U.S. 691
PREI, INc. v. Columbia Pictures (1993) 508 U.S. 49
Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder (1985) 469 U.S. 153
Stewart v. Abend (1990) 495 U.S. 207

Of related interest: The following were found in Findlaw:

Berne convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Text, 1971) -- Article 14 (Cinematographic Rights) and Article 14bis (Protection of Cinematographic Works).
37 Code of Federal Regulations -- Chapter II -- Copyright Office, Library of Congress: Part 201: General Provisions -- Part 201.14, Warnings of Copyright for Use by Certain Libraries and Archives; Part 201.20, Methods of Affixation and Positions of Copyright Notice on Various Types of Works; and Part 201.22, Advance Notices of Potential Infringement of Works Consisting of Sound, Images, or Both.

Back to List of Legal QuestionsLast Updated: October 15, 1998