RE: Copyright - copying for preservation?

["Audree Hughes" <ahughes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

http://www.safarimontage.com/pdfs/is_it_Legal_to_Copy_a_DVD.pdf

the above link may provide food for thought


-----Original Message-----
From: Charles P. Wiggins [mailto:cpwiggins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 11:23 AM
To: digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Copyright - copying for preservation?

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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