If you have a computer with a DVD burner/player all you need is DVD ripping software. I like Xilisoft DVDripper platinum (PC and Mac compatible) you can choose a chapter from a movie or a specific time with an in and out point. Creat the clips and later burn a DVD with them. Remember if the clips are to be shown from a DVD player the disk you create has to be a "Video DVD" not a Data DVD. If the disk is for a computer you can get away with making a data disk. Quoting "Glassmeyer, Danielle" <[log in to unmask]>: > 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 > > -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org