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J. McRee Elrod | 1 Jan 01:23
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Re: MARC change proposal

Judith Hopkins <ulcjh@...> wrote:

>    What's the e-mail address to which messages of support should be sent?

Support for university press publications not being coded in 008/28 as
state government publications may be sent to:

Sally H. McCallum
MARC Standards Office
smcc@...

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Engard, Nicole | 2 Jan 16:15

Floorplans

There was someone earlier in the month looking for a floor plan program
- I just remembered that I had written about one:
http://www.web2learning.net/archives/1264 - hope it helps.

Thanks,

Nicole C. Engard

Metadata Librarian

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Anna DeVore | 2 Jan 17:25
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AUTOCAT breakfast at Midwinter 2008 update

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Sandy Chen | 2 Jan 17:52

Re: AUTOCAT breakfast at Midwinter 2008 update

Happy Holidays! Anna.

Please count me one.

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Winona Patterson | 2 Jan 18:43
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Today's terrifying copyright news

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR200712
2800693.html <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319276,00.html> 

Apparently, it's illegal for one to take a CD that s/he legally
purchased and rip the CD to an mp3 player for his/her own personal use.
Yipe.

Let the discussion begin!

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Aaron Kuperman | 2 Jan 19:00
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Re: Today's terrifying copyright news

Read more closely. This case involved someone who copied from one format
to another AND THEN made the copy available to anyone else through a file
sharing format. Sharing copies of a copyright-protected work is the issue
in the case, not copies for personal listening.

The discussion of the legality of copying between formats for personal use
(and not then selling, sharing, or distributing) was discussed in a
totally hypothetical tangent. It appears the defendant was trying to argue
that if copying for personal use was legal, so is sharing the copy with
others (but that's from looking at a non-legal news source which is very
dubious)

IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT MANY JOURNALISTS WRITE ABOUT LEGAL ISSUES ABOUT
WHICH THEY LACK ANY KNOWLEDGE.  

Aaron

THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION FROM LC. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
THE SUBJECT CONSULT A LAWYER, OR AT LEAST STICK TO JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE.

On Wed, 2 Jan 2008, Winona Patterson wrote:

> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR200712
> 2800693.html <http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319276,00.html>=20
> =20
> Apparently, it's illegal for one to take a CD that s/he legally
> purchased and rip the CD to an mp3 player for his/her own personal use.
> Yipe.
> =20
> Let the discussion begin!
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Shannon Kupfer | 2 Jan 19:12
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Re: Today's terrifying copyright news

Actually, the second link (to the Fox News story) includes text from the
supplemental brief (written by RIAA's lawyer):

"'It is undisputed that Defendant possessed unauthorized copies of
Plaintiffs' copyrighted sound recordings on his computer,' the brief
states. 'Virtually all of the sound recordings on Exhibit B are in the
'.mp3' format. ... Defendant admitted that he converted these sound
recordings from their original format to the .mp3 format for his and his
wife's use. ... Once Defendant converted Plaintiffs' recording into the
compressed .mp3 format and they are in his shared folder, they are no
longer the authorized copies distributed by Plaintiffs.'"

The excerpt above implies that, simply by converting the recordings from
one format to another, the user has violated copyright.  It was his
making the files available that attracted the attention of RIAA, yes,
but RIAA made it clear that possession of sound recordings in an
unauthorized format (i.e. a different format from that in which the
recordings were purchased) is a violation.

I'm with Winona, the OP, on this one.  This is a scary statement.  

Shannon Kupfer, Digital/Tangible Media Cataloger

State Library of Ohio

Phone: 614.995.4115

Fax: 614.644.7004

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John Overholt | 2 Jan 19:13
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Re: Today's terrifying copyright news

That's true, Aaron, this case is not primarily about format shifting, 
but it's extremely significant that the RIAA is now arguing that format 
shifting of legally purchased CDs is not fair use. They used to concede, 
presumably because they feared backlash, that such personal use copying 
was legitimate. It's important if they've changed their minds, because 
the RIAA is very good at getting its policy preferences enshrined in 
law. But I would take issue with Winona's phrasing "Apparently it's 
illegal"; the RIAA saying it doesn't make it so, thank goodness.

John Overholt
Assistant Curator
The Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson/
Early Modern Books and Manuscripts
Houghton Library
Harvard University
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/hydeblog

Aaron Kuperman wrote:
> Read more closely. This case involved someone who copied from one format
> to another AND THEN made the copy available to anyone else through a file
> sharing format. Sharing copies of a copyright-protected work is the issue
> in the case, not copies for personal listening.
>   
>   

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Aaron Kuperman | 2 Jan 19:18
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Re: Today's terrifying copyright news (fwd)

You are reading out of context. If the defendant hadn't put them on a
computer that was "sharable" there wouldn't be an issue. 

When they sue someone for copying via a computer that is not used to
share files, then you can worry (actually, the guy who hires the lawyer
who makes the argument will worry about being fined for bringing a
frivilous lawsuit or at worst one where damages are the difference in
price between the two formats when purchased for a single personal use).

"Internet" news is about as significant as "urban myths", and librarians
need to be a bit more critical.

Aaron

NOT AN OFFICIAL OPINION FROM LC

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