[LM_NET] GEN: Media Delivery Sys & Copyright?

[handerso <handerso@ACPS.K12.VA.US>]

Good morning -- I'm in a high school library that's moving to a new 
building this coming summer, and as part of the new facility, we are 
getting a Rauland media delivery system.  We are told that this system 
has already been purchased, & has been sitting around in a box for some 
period of time.  We have no idea what model it is, so we don't know how 
it delivers content to the classrooms (in other words, does it digitize 
it?).

Here's the question:  Since most of our VHS/DVD collection is "Home Use" 
(as opposed to the more expensive "Public Performance"), can we use 
these items on a media delivery system?  (We'll assume the same 
face-to-face instruction circumstances as we always have.)

And does legality depend on whether the system will digitize the content 
first?

Please respond directly to me, & I'll post a hit if it's needed.  Many 
thanks!

 
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Hilary Anderson, Librarian
T.C. Williams High School
Alexandria, VA 
handerso@acps.k12.va.us

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