{"id":86,"date":"2010-09-12T08:18:29","date_gmt":"2010-09-12T12:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vassar.edu\/acs\/?p=86"},"modified":"2011-05-27T13:14:07","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T17:14:07","slug":"good-news-for-clip-rippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/good-news-for-clip-rippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Good News for Clip Rippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<script>fsg_json['fsg_post_86'] = [\n{id: 175, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2010\/09\/800px-Library_of_Congress_from_North.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2010\/09\/800px-Library_of_Congress_from_North-150x150.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/good-news-for-clip-rippers\/800px-library_of_congress_from_north\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/good-news-for-clip-rippers\/800px-library_of_congress_from_north\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'},\n{id: 174, image: 'http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2010\/09\/DVDfromMSoffice.jpg', extlink: '', thumb: 'https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2010\/09\/DVDfromMSoffice-150x150.jpg', permalink: '<div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/good-news-for-clip-rippers\/dvdfrommsoffice\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div>', layer: '<div class=\"galleria-infolayer\"><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\"><a title=\"Permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/good-news-for-clip-rippers\/dvdfrommsoffice\/#0\"><div class=\"galleria-link-bookmark\"><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"galleria-layeritem\" style=\"padding-right: 20px;\"><\/div>'}\n];<\/script>\n<p><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_86\" data-imgid=\"175\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2010\/09\/800px-Library_of_Congress_from_North.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-175\" title=\"Library_of_Congress_from_North\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2010\/09\/800px-Library_of_Congress_from_North.jpg\" alt=\"Library of Congress image courtesy of http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Library_of_Congress_from_North.JPG\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><em>by Baynard Bailey<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This past summer, the Library of Congress issued a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copyright.gov\/1201\/\" target=\"_blank\">exemptions<\/a> to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/Resources\/Browse\/DMCA\/31236\" target=\"_blank\">DMCA<\/a>), one of which made it  legal for academics to rip clips from DVDs, for use in their teaching or  publishing.<\/p>\n<p>Since June of 2009, Vassar has had a streaming media server that can  deliver video clips to Moodle (and more recently to <a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/BlogWire\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress<\/a>).  The <a href=\"http:\/\/computing.vassar.edu\/faculty\/instructionaltech.html#\" target=\"_blank\">Wowza<\/a> software streams video content quickly and  beautifully anywhere on campus (best if using a wired connection). We  were very excited to share this technology with the faculty, especially  faculty members who work extensively with video. Faculty members who used our  streaming server delighted in having the resources available via Moodle.  The videos look great viewed on laptops or desktop machines. Streaming  from Moodle during class made for a convenient teaching situation as  there was no need to switch video sources or fumble with DVD or VHS  controls. ACS envisioned a radical transformation of the Library Reserve  desk where students could watch and re-watch films for class,  on demand, and at their leisure. Students would not be tied down to  three-hour reserve deadlines (or finding the video already signed out).  Faculty members wouldn&#8217;t be troubled trying to arrange screenings for classes.  The on-demand streaming video revolution that has transformed the  outside world via Netflix and Hulu would now come to our campus!<\/p>\n<p><a data-postid=\"fsg_post_86\" data-imgid=\"174\" href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2010\/09\/DVDfromMSoffice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174 alignright\" title=\"DVDfromMSoffice\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2010\/09\/DVDfromMSoffice.jpg\" alt=\"DVD being interted into a laptop\" width=\"227\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2010\/09\/DVDfromMSoffice.jpg 325w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2010\/09\/DVDfromMSoffice-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/files\/2010\/09\/DVDfromMSoffice-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, our fanciful visions melted to clouds of despair as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2010\/01\/26\/copyright\" target=\"_blank\">UCLA came under attack<\/a> from the Association for  Information and Media Equipment. AIME&#8217;s accusations of copyright  violation caused <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogPost\/UCLA-Pulls-Videos-From-Course\/21013\/\" target=\"_blank\">UCLA to suspend<\/a> its streaming video service while  they worked out the legal dispute. Educational institutions from all  over the U.S. paid close attention, including Vassar. ACS had to  reconsider how to inform the faculty about Vassar&#8217;s streaming media server,  as our new policy restricted how we<strong> <\/strong>stream copyrighted material.  There were more than a few awkward conversations with faculty members who had  grown quite fond of our Wowza server, not to mention their concern about  the  time and effort put into curating video resources for their classes.<\/p>\n<p>Since this summer, when it comes to clips, ACS can once again legally  stream video ripped from DVDs. The Library of Congress exemptions  impacted a number of areas, but the proviso that impacts scholars  ripping DVDs reads as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">(1)  Motion pictures on DVDs that are lawfully  made and        acquired  and  that are  protected by the Content Scrambling System  when  circumvention is accomplished  solely in order to accomplish the   incorporation of short portions of motion  pictures into new works for   the purpose of criticism or comment, and where the  person engaging in   circumvention believes and has reasonable grounds for  believing that   circumvention is necessary to fulfill the purpose of the use in  the   following instances:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">(i)\u00a0   Educational uses by college and  university professors and by college  and  university film and media  studies students;<br \/>\n(ii)  Documentary filmmaking;<br \/>\n(iii)  Noncommercial videos.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In summary, clip-ripping portions of DVDs for academic  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copyright.gov\/fls\/fl102.html\" target=\"_blank\">fair use<\/a> is legal. All previous laws and guidelines about the sharing of copyrighted material remain; what is new is that educators are no longer banned from the act of ripping materials from a copy-protected DVD. It is also legal for documentary filmmakers and creators  of video not intending to make profit. If you are interested in learning  how to rip clips yourself, I recommend this <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/blogPost\/How-to-Rip-DVD-Clips\/26090\/\" target=\"_blank\">great  guide for ripping DVD<\/a>. You can also contact your <a href=\"http:\/\/computing.vassar.edu\/faculty\/about\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">ACS liaison<\/a> for assistance in curating clips and how best to use them in your  teaching.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to learn more about how the recent  exemptions impact the flow of information and pedagogy in the 21st  century, I recommend this <a href=\"http:\/\/fairuse.stanford.edu\/blog\/2010\/08\/the-2010-dvd-exemption-to-the.html\" target=\"_blank\">interview  with Abigail De Kosnik, Gary Handman and Mark Kaiser of University of  California, Berkeley<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Baynard Bailey This past summer, the Library of Congress issued a number of exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), one of which made it legal for academics to rip clips from DVDs, for use in their teaching &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/good-news-for-clip-rippers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11445,153],"tags":[795,175,60644],"class_list":["post-86","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baynard-bailey","category-video","tag-dmca","tag-fair-use","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":687,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions\/687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/acs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}