Using Video Recordings

COMMERCIAL VHS OR DVD VIDEO RECORDINGS

Provide the full citation—in the style that you prefer your students to use—for the video recording that you have selected. For example (in APA style): Demme, Jonathan (Director). (2005). The Agronomist [Motion Picture] Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video. (To comply with the TEACH ACT, all materials must be fully cited each time you assign or use them.) Add a copyright notice, Copyright © 2005 Warner Home Video, and a disclaimer:

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the reproduction of copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in the law, university libraries and archives are authorized to provide reproductions. One of these specified conditions is that the reproduction be used for academic study, scholarship, or research only. This material has been made available solely for use in this course. The material may not be distributed to any person outside this class, electronically or in paper form without specific permission from the copyright holder. If you use a reproduction for purposes in excess of fair use without permission, you may be liable for copyright infringement. Further, circumvention of technological protection measures (Section 1201) is against the law.
ORDER THE VIDEO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Even if you are only using a small portion of the film, students must have the information they need and the opportunity to purchase the video if you expect them to view it outside the physical classroom. Contact the Whitman College Bookstore for purchasing information. 

√ CHECK     Does Whitman own a copy of the video?  Penrose Library catalog  
If Penrose Library owns a copy of the video:
    YOU MAY:
  • Ask library staff to place the item on Course Reserves.
  • Play the recording for your students in a face-to-face situation.
    YOU MAY NOT:
  • Copy the recording to any tangible medium or digital medium and use it outside the physical or digital classroom and/or distribute it without specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Copy the recording to a downloadable file without specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Stream or place on your CLEo page an illegal copy or recording.
If Penrose Library does NOT own a copy of the video:
    YOU MAY:
  • Ask the Collection Management librarian to purchase a copy for the collection.
  • If the Library cannot purchase a copy, or it has not arrived on time, you may place your own legal copy on Course Reserves for your students to borrow.
  • Play the recording for your students in a face-to-face situation.
    YOU MAY NOT:
  • Copy the recording to any tangible medium or digital medium and use it outside the physical or digital classroom and/or distribute it without specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Copy the recording to a downloadable file without specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Stream or place on your CLEo page an illegal copy or recording.
  • Open invitations to the public unless public performance rights have been obtained or discussion at the film is directly related to the educational goals of the course.

NON-COMMERCIAL VHS OR DVD VIDEO RECORDINGS

Provide the full citation—in the style that you prefer your students to use—for the video recording that you have selected. For example (in APA style): Whitman College Outing Program. (Producer). (1980). Whitman runs the Deschustes [Video Recording] Walla Walla, WA: Whitman College. Outing Program. (To comply with the TEACH ACT, all materials must be fully cited each time you assign or use them.) Add a copyright notice, Copyright © 2005 Whitman College. Outing Program., and a disclaimer:

The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the reproduction of copyrighted materials. Under certain conditions specified in the law, university libraries and archives are authorized to provide reproductions. One of these specified conditions is that the reproduction be used for academic study, scholarship, or research only. This material has been made available solely for use in this course. The material may not be distributed to any person outside this class, electronically or in paper form without specific permission from the copyright holder. If you use a reproduction for purposes in excess of fair use without permission, you may be liable for copyright infringement. Further, circumvention of technological protection measures (Section 1201) is against the law.
√ CHECK     Does Whitman own a copy of the non-commercial video?   Penrose Library catalog
If Penrose Library owns a copy of the non-commercial video:
    YOU MAY:
  • Ask library staff to place the item on Course Reserves.
  • Play the recording for your students in a face-to-face situation.

All non-commercial recordings are subject to agreements made with donors, the filmmakers and/or performers. If duplication has been expressly forbidden, even for use in a classroom, those wishes must be honored.

    YOU MAY NOT:
  • Copy the recording to any tangible medium or digital medium and use it outside the physical or digital classroom and/or distribute it without specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Copy the recording to a downloadable file without specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Stream or place on your CLEo page an illegal copy or recording.
  • Use the recordings against the filmmakers’ wishes.
  • Open invitations to the public unless public performance rights have been obtained or discussion at the film is directly related to the educational goals of the course.
If Penrose Library does NOT own the non-commercial video you need for your course:
    YOU MAY:
  • Ask the Collection Management librarian to purchase a copy for the collection.
  • If the Library cannot purchase a copy, or it has not arrived on time, you may place your own legal copy on Course Reserves for your students to borrow.
  • Play the recording for your students in a face-to-face situation

All non-commercial recordings are subject to agreements made with donors, the filmmakers and/or performers. If duplication has been expressly forbidden, even for use in a classroom, those wishes must be honored.

    YOU MAY NOT:
  • Copy the recording to any tangible medium or digital medium and use it outside the physical or digital classroom and/or distribute it without specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Copy the recording to a downloadable file without specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Stream or place on your CLEo page an illegal copy or recording.
  • Use the recordings against the filmmakers’ wishes.

BROADCAST PROGRAMMING

    YOU MAY:
  • Make off-air recordings simultaneously with free broadcast transmission of television programs intended for the general public.
  • Keep the recording and show it in the classroom (virtual or tangible) for a period of 45 consecutive days following the transmission of the television show. After the 45th day, the copy must be destroyed or erased.
    YOU MAY NOT:
  • Keep or use a recording of a television broadcast for more than 45 days without specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Use the recording outside a non-profit instructional setting without specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Record a broadcast which is not free to the general public without specific permission from the copyright holder.
  • Stream or place on your CLEo page an illegal copy or recording.

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Adapted with permission from Wesleyan University