At the SCS meeting last Spring in Pittsburgh, Kristin Thompson announced that there would be an official statement from SCS in a forthcoming issue of CINEMA JOURNAL about the use of frame enlargements. She and her committee consulted with the lawyers from the Library of Congress and got an official statement that frame enlargements can be legally reproduced without permission from the original copyright holder. This statement from the Library of Congress will also be reproduced in CJ. She said that there has to date been no attempts to prosecute scholars for their use of unauthorized frame enlargements. There have been many cases of scalping scholars, price-wise, who sought permission through proper channels. I have had similar reports on the use of telapics (ie. photographs of video images). I have used both in my forthcoming books without getting permission so I suppose I will find out the hard way if this advice is wrong. I have some detailed tips on shooting frame enlargements given to me by a fan artist who produces amazing pictures. I don't have the time to punch them into the system at this point but I will be glad to send a copy to anyone who writes me with their surface mail address. --Henry Jenkins Ast. Prof., Film and Media Studies MIT