[snca-list] FW: Guest speaker events & copyright

[Dianne Johnson]

For Abby... see below

 

*From the director of technical services (in-house copyright "expert")
at Coy C. Carpenter Medical Library, Wake Forest Univ. School of
Medicine

 

Good luck, Abby,

Dianne

 

Dianne Johnson

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Dorothy Carpenter Medical Archives

Medical Center Blvd. 

Winston-Salem, NC 27157

336-716-2186 fax

336-716-3690 phone

Caring for history at WFUBMC

http://www1.wfubmc.edu/library/archives

 

From: Molly Barnett 
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 10:24 AM
To: Dianne Johnson
Subject: RE: [snca-list] Guest speaker events & copyright

 

The copyright belongs to the creator of the work unless they signed an
agreement to pass on that right (like to a publisher or a university).
However, there may be some allowance for making archival copies.
Indiana University has an excellent copyright webpage
http://copyright.iu.edu/ .  I found this information under the FAQs, the
context is a little different but some of the issues raised apply.  I
would definitely refer to Section 108 of the Copyright Act.

Videotapes of Guest Speakers

Q: Our department videotaped a guest lecturer with his consent. May we
make copies of this videotape for deposit in other libraries?

A: In general, the textual content of their lectures belongs to the
speakers. You can use the tapes within the limits of the consent. But
the consent you obtained probably stated nothing about making copies for
deposit in other libraries. You may have rights under fair use
<http://copyright.columbia.edu/appropriate-uses.html>  and under Section
108 <http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#108>  of the
Copyright Act. But I see a more serious issue. You might well find that
you have the legal right to make the copies, but should you? Your guests
allowed you to videotape the lectures for your library. They may not be
pleased to have more copies in broader circulation. I would give a
courtesy call to the speakers before I distributed copies of the tapes.
For future guest lecturers, you may want to consider having them sign a
copy of the "Appearance Release" available on our website to help
prevent further problems in this area.

 

Molly C. Barnett, MLS, AHIP

Associate Director of Technical Services

Coy C. Carpenter Library

Wake Forest University School of Medicine
<blocked::blocked::http://www.wfubmc.edu/> 

Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1069

336-716-2303 telephone

336-716-2186 fax

336-830-3236 mobile

mbarnett at wfubmc.edu <blocked::blocked::mailto:mbarnett at wfubmc.edu> 

 

From: Dianne Johnson 
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 1:52 PM
To: Molly Barnett
Subject: FW: [snca-list] Guest speaker events & copyright

 

Any advice - we have similar AV stuff here in Archives. Since the
speaker was invited to a school-sponsored event, I have always thought
we "owned" the recording which happens to include the speaker's talk.

--DJ

 

Dianne Johnson

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Dorothy Carpenter Medical Archives

Medical Center Blvd. 

Winston-Salem, NC 27157

336-716-2186 fax

336-716-3690 phone

Caring for history at WFUBMC

http://www1.wfubmc.edu/library/archives

 

From: snca-list-bounces at rtpnet.org [mailto:snca-list-bounces at rtpnet.org]
On Behalf Of Abby Rovner
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 11:41 AM
To: snca-list at rtpnet.org
Subject: [snca-list] Guest speaker events & copyright

 

Good morning,

 

I am creating a priority list of vhs tapes to be converted to digital.
Part of the decision rests with whether we have the copyrights.
Unfortunately there were no records kept for our vhs collection, so I'm
not sure if we have the copyrights to some of these recordings. 

We have a lot of tapes of Faculty Forums and such, that include guest
speakers from outside our college. While we hosted and taped the event,
I'm not 100% sure about who holds the copyrights to guest speaker's
talk. Any advice?

 

Thanks,

Abby Rovner

Librarian - North Campus 704-330-4103

Archives - Central Campus 704-330-6373

Central Piedmont Community College

North Campus, Transport Systems Building

PO Box 35009 Charlotte, NC 28235

www.cpcc.edu

 

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