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Mary,
If a film is not available for sale on newer format and the player needed is
no longer available at a "reasonable price," then one can transfer the film
to a new medium. This, however, would not be currently possible for those
films on DVD that have piracy protection software on them, were that
technology to suddenly become obsolete, and players become unavailable, as
it is illegal to circumvent this software except for a very few reasons
stated by the Librarian of Congress. Of course, this could change (and
hopefully it will change so that it becomes legal to circumvent these
software controls in order to use portions of these films as allowed under
the TEACH act or fair use, which currently do not seem to be provided for).
mb
Michael Brewer
Slavic Studies, German Studies & Media Arts Librarian
University of Arizona Library A210
1510 E. University
P.O. Box 210055
Tucson, AZ 85721
Voice: 520.307.2771
Fax: 520.621.9733
brewerm@u.library.arizona.edu <mailto:brewerm@u.library.arizona.edu>
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Seligman [mailto:mseligman@portnet.k12.ny.us]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 5:22 AM
To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Basta!
Gary raises an important issue. I am a librarian in a high school. We have a
centralized audio/visual department that's part of our library. Currently,
we have 3,000 items in VHS format. Many of these items are shown daily.
What happens when VHS is gone -- either replacement players of replacement
tapes?
Mary Seligman
Library Media Specialist
Paul D. Schreiber High School
Port Washington, NY 11050
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