---------------------------------------------- Chandler Harriss, PhD Alfred University (607) 871-2112 [log in to unmask] On Feb 27, 2009, at 4:50 PM, Glassmeyer, Danielle wrote: > My school's AV/IT support department has just told me that they can't > legally make clips from any film source for any reason due to > copyright > issues. > > Before I say "pish posh", I thought I might ask here... > > I need clips from feature films that would fall well under 10 % of > total > running time. I would be using them in classroom and conference > presentation only. And they are not Disney. And it's okay with me if > the clips are housed on a password-restricted streaming server. > > Three requests > > -- can you all point me toward the current law so I can review what it > says? -- can you all make suggestions about workarounds if you have > had > a similar problem? > --can you all help me to figure out what kind of equipment and > programs > I would need to do this on my own? > > Thanks in advance for advice and help! > > Danielle Glassmeyer > English Department > Bradley University > > ---- > Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex > podcast: > http://www.screenlex.org ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org