Salvete!




     Given that lawyers get heaps of money to sort this stuff out, and that this is a technical mailing list, you are perhaps best served cross posting this to a legal IP listserv. Budding lawyers are told that an ounce of prevention in IP is worth a pound of cure. At very least, you ought to post to a plain olde law listserv. Even there, this is hardly a well settled area of law. I would just couch things in hypotheticals and state that you're *cough* definitely not looking for legal advice and will take replies off list so that folks that feel like giving you a nice straight answer do so.

     
http://aallnet.org

     Would be where I would start a search. I'm super lucky because down here in DC there are tonnes of IP events that are free to attend at the Washington College of Law at American University. As far as I'm concerned, they're ahead of Georgetown in terms of community service. (Oh yeah, I went there.)

Cheers,
Brooke




> What about websites that stream their content for free like Vevo? Would making 
> that type of content accessible in a more organized manner be acceptable? Or 
> would that be considered circumvention? I don't plan on doing that, I only 
> plan on making Public domain content accessible but the questions of organizing 
> material from abc.com or Fox news has come up. Since I'm certain that these 
> commercial websites would love to have subscription services for Libraries, the 
> legal issues are very interesting. 

> 

>  Is streaming (viewing online) copyrighted material illegal for individuals. 
> According to the copyright.gov website this seems to be completely legal for the 
> viewer when there isn't a copy of the work on the viewers computer. It only 
> mentions hosting streams as being a misdemeanor, even if there isn't any 
> profit.
>> 
>>  This is becoming a huge issue as more content consumers become cord 
> cutters. Has any librarians faced these questions?
>> 
>>  I am planning on implementing Kodi in my library, but will only make public 
> domain material accessible. Kodi provides an excellent user interface for 
> organizing and viewing public domain material.
>> 
>>  Thanks,
>> 
>>  Cornel Darden Jr.
>>  MSLIS
>>  Library Department Chair
>>  South Suburban College
>>  7087052945
>> 
>>  "Our Mission is to Serve our Students and the Community through 
> lifelong learning."
>> 
>>  Sent from my iPhone
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