Copyright - copying for preservation?

["Charles P. Wiggins" <cpwiggins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all,

I have a dean that has requested that some VHS tapes be converted to DVD to
preserve the content. Assuming that the content is no longer available in the
marketplace, I know that Section 108
(http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108) allows copying and
conversion in the library setting for preservation purposes, but these are not
library materials.  They are owned/used in the department exclusively.

Has anyone ever heard of this provision or another part of the code being used
to copy and convert at an educational institution, but outside the library
setting?

Thanks,
Charles



Charles P. Wiggins
Director of Library Services
Isothermal Community College
P.O. Box 804
Spindale, NC 28160
828-286-3636 ext. 216

cpwiggins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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