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Carl Stempel | 1 Jun 2009 01:48
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RE: Recording television (Fair Use)

I am a novice at fair use issues, but am running up against a problem that I
would like advice on. 

I will be teaching an online class and there are several videos I want to
show to the class that our university library owns. However, when our library
reps go to purchase streaming rights, the distributors for some of the videos
reply simply that they do not sell streaming rights. This seems outrageous to
me, but the library reps acts like this is normal. I have tried to understand
the logic of the distributors' position, but the ease with which one can
convert DVDs or other video forms to streaming video makes their apparent
piracy fears hard to understand. So two questions:
1. What rights do I have when they refuse to sell streaming rights?
2. Why are they doing this?

Carl Stempel
Associate Professor 
Department of Sociology and Social Services
California State University, East Bay
Hayward, CA 94542
510.885.4819

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The best thing I have been able to find is to download from a torrent
site such as www.isohunt.com. It comes without DRM constraints so you
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agraing | 1 Jun 2009 10:41
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Re: Recording television

Again, ethical and legal issues aside, VPN's are often a way around it...I think hulu etc have been cracking
down on this, but there are easily searchable fixes to even this. 

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 16:49:24 -0400
>From: Nicholas Sammond <nic.sammond <at> utoronto.ca>  
>Subject: Re: [cultstud-l] Recording television  
>To: Cultural Studies <cultstud-l <at> lists.comm.umn.edu>
>
>While we are currently barred from the joys of hulu, some are  
>available through the CTV and Global websites. Not perfect, or nearly  
>complete, but better than nothing.
>
>__Nic Sammond
>
>
>On May 31, 2009, at 4:15 PM, Susan Sheane wrote:
>
>> Hello all
>>
>> I have an added problem that I would love help on. I teach an online
>> course for a US university, BUT I live in Canada. All those lovely
>> television shows available to you, are not available to me....at
>> least, I do not know how to access them. Has anybody any advice for
>> me?
>>
>> cheers,
>> Sue Sheane
>>
>> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Tetiana <enoughwords <at> hotmail.com>
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Brigit Knecht | 1 Jun 2009 20:34

Re: Recording television

Good news for Sue. We finally get those American shows up here thanks to
itunes Canada which just added content from the big networks onto their
site. Otherwise, you have to go with the old-fashioned VCR and get it from
cable. 

Brigit Knecht

On 31/05/09 2:15 PM, "Susan Sheane" <ffsds1 <at> uaf.edu> wrote:

> Hello all
> 
> I have an added problem that I would love help on. I teach an online
> course for a US university, BUT I live in Canada. All those lovely
> television shows available to you, are not available to me....at
> least, I do not know how to access them. Has anybody any advice for
> me?
> 
> cheers,
> Sue Sheane
> 
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Tetiana <enoughwords <at> hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> If you are running Windows Vista, you can record TV directly to your hard
>> drive using Windows Media Center; all you need is a TV tuner card which is
>> available most places where computers are sold and they are quite cheap.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-CA/help/a1d321bd-0868-490a-982a-d
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flow | 1 Jun 2009 22:45
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Flow Journal, Special Issue: Social Media, Vol. 9, Issue 14 Now Online


Greetings,

We want to let you know that the new issue of Flow: A Critical Forum
on Television and Media Culture is available at http://flowtv.org.

This issue features columns from Melissa A. Click and Nina B.
Huntemann, Alicia Tan Min Qi, Nadia White, Michael Serazio, Louisa
Stein, Kristina Busse, Vanessa Au, Leigh H. Edwards, Tony Nadler, Liz
Ellcessor, and Anne Helen Petersen

This issue's columns in brief:

" Gender in the Media Studies Blogosphere"
by Melissa A. Click and Nina B. Huntemann
    (http://flowtv.org/?p=3921):
A look at the gendering of the media scholars? blogosphere.

"Shut Up and Sit Down: Singapore?s Social Movements through Twitter"
by Alicia Tan Min Qi
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3919):
A look at Singapore?s social movements through Twitter.

"The Grace Case Project: An experiment in collaborative journalism
using social media tools" by Nadia White
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3947):
How journalism and law students used new media to cover a landmark
criminal pollution trial and discovered along the way the advantages
and challenges of large group do-it-yourself journalism via social
networking media.
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Naava Smolash | 2 Jun 2009 08:58
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suggestions for reader and films for propaganda and persuasion class?

hi,
any suggestions for good general reader for a second year course on
promotion, persuasion, & propaganda? Something that looks at the historical
and contemporary uses of propaganda, and is written in an engaging style for
lower-level students.

also any good films on propaganda (particularly on the early development)?

thanks!
naava

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James K Walker | 2 Jun 2009 14:21

RE: suggestions for reader and films for propaganda and persuasion class?

Watch the Century of the Self http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151 It
gives a great insight into the work of Edward Bernays. It may be a little complicated in parts but students
love a good video now and then. It contains some brilliant case studies of manipulation by governments and
marketing organisations over the years with a psychoanalytical slant. As someone once said 'the more
things change, the more they stay the same'...

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hi,
any suggestions for good general reader for a second year course on
promotion, persuasion, & propaganda? Something that looks at the historical
and contemporary uses of propaganda, and is written in an engaging style for
lower-level students.

also any good films on propaganda (particularly on the early development)?

thanks!
naava

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Daniel Makagon | 2 Jun 2009 17:01
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RE: recording television (Fejes and Sheane)

In response to Fred's question, I work on a Mac and am able to use a
combination of software programs to extract files and edit those files from
commercial DVDs or DVDs that I record on DVD-R from DirecTV. I use
MacTheRipper to extract the sections that I want. The files that are
extracted are VOB files. These can be imported to a program called
MPEGStreamclip, which can be used to edit the files so I can show the
relevant clip(s) to my students. The edited files are exported in MPEG
format, which can be dragged into Toast (Video tab setting) and burned to a
new DVD-R.

I know that similar programs exist for the PC but I don't know the names. I
recommend checking out the Video Help forum; it is a wonderful resource for
all things A/V: http://www.videohelp.com/ (Forum is under the Other heading
in the menu on the left of the window).

In response to Sue's question, I would second the earlier reply about
getting a Free to Air satellite system. You pay for the dish, the receiver,
and installation but beyond that there is not a monthly fee unless you add
pay channels. Another option, which may or may not be legal, is to purchase
a DirecTV or Dish system when in the US, use a friend's billing address who
lives in the US, and set up your system at your home in Canada.

Take care,
Daniel

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Associate Professor
College of Communication
DePaul University
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Bill Kirkpatrick | 2 Jun 2009 18:38
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Re: RE: recording television (Fejes and Sheane)

If anyone wants to use Daniel's system with Mac the Ripper/MPEG  
Streamclip, I wrote a tutorial for it that is still pretty up-to- 
date:  http://www.billkirkpatrick.net/ClipTapeTutorial.pdf.

--Bill

On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:01, Daniel Makagon wrote:

> In response to Fred's question, I work on a Mac and am able to use a
> combination of software programs to extract files and edit those  
> files from
> commercial DVDs or DVDs that I record on DVD-R from DirecTV. I use
> MacTheRipper to extract the sections that I want. The files that are
> extracted are VOB files. These can be imported to a program called
> MPEGStreamclip, which can be used to edit the files so I can show the
> relevant clip(s) to my students. The edited files are exported in MPEG
> format, which can be dragged into Toast (Video tab setting) and  
> burned to a
> new DVD-R.

Bill Kirkpatrick
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Denison University
Granville, OH 43023
(740) 587-0606 (h)
(740) 587-8512 (w)
mwkirkpa <at> gmail.com
kirkpatrickb <at> denison.edu
www.billkirkpatrick.net
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Geoff Stahl | 2 Jun 2009 20:30
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Re: RE: recording television (Fejes and Sheane)

Hi all,

I actually use Handbrake (it's free) to rip the DVD. This converts  
your movie file into an mp4 which you can then edit in Quicktime Pro  
to make your clips.

Best,
Geoff

On 3/06/2009, at 4:38 AM, Bill Kirkpatrick wrote:

> If anyone wants to use Daniel's system with Mac the Ripper/MPEG
> Streamclip, I wrote a tutorial for it that is still pretty up-to-
> date:  http://www.billkirkpatrick.net/ClipTapeTutorial.pdf.
>
> --Bill
>
> On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:01, Daniel Makagon wrote:
>
>> In response to Fred's question, I work on a Mac and am able to use a
>> combination of software programs to extract files and edit those
>> files from
>> commercial DVDs or DVDs that I record on DVD-R from DirecTV. I use
>> MacTheRipper to extract the sections that I want. The files that are
>> extracted are VOB files. These can be imported to a program called
>> MPEGStreamclip, which can be used to edit the files so I can show the
>> relevant clip(s) to my students. The edited files are exported in  
>> MPEG
>> format, which can be dragged into Toast (Video tab setting) and
>> burned to a
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Fred Fejes | 2 Jun 2009 20:54
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RE: RE: recording television (Fejes and Sheane)

Thanks for the info. Is there anything comparable for PCs?

Fred

Fred Fejes, PhD
Professor, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton FL 33431
office: 561-297-3858
cell:  954-465-3262
fax 561 297-2615

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Subject: Re: [cultstud-l] RE: recording television (Fejes and Sheane)

If anyone wants to use Daniel's system with Mac the Ripper/MPEG  
Streamclip, I wrote a tutorial for it that is still pretty up-to- 
date:  http://www.billkirkpatrick.net/ClipTapeTutorial.pdf.

--Bill

On Jun 2, 2009, at 11:01, Daniel Makagon wrote:

> In response to Fred's question, I work on a Mac and am able to use a
> combination of software programs to extract files and edit those
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