Comments on: The Publishers’ War on Children

By: joy4evr

joy4evr — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:25:34 +0000

It’s very sad to note that when Government has budgetary cut backs it’s always the libraries and schools that suffer. As we embark into the 21st century it is assumed that knowledge would be the fore front of this endeavour, instead of building literacy we are closing down the libraries that aid and enhance this natural skill.

By: dragons redemption

dragons redemption — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:46:15 +0000

wow, I can’t believe anyone would do that, gha the world really does seem to revolve around money, pity.

By: dragons redemption

dragons redemption — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:45:53 +0000

wow, I can’t beliee anyone would do that, gha the world really does seem to revolve around money, pity.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 21:55:36 +0000

No, one might effectively argue that story time is a classroom situation, as opposed say, to a public reading attended by a mixed audience. Therefore one might lose the argument that storytime is subject to users fees without jeopardizing long held copyright principles for public performances of dramatic works. At least that’s what I’d argue.

By: spencer

spencer — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:39:08 +0000

Yes, I know that’s what they’re supposed to do- but if you argue that story times require usage fees and LOSE that argument, then logic holds that those other usage fees should go away. Right?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:51:26 +0000

For performances not completely in-class, schools are required to obtain a performance license for copyrighted dramatic works and pay licensing/royalties for theater productions unless formally waived. At least they are supposed to. Schools must also properly license copyrighted music performances if there is an audience. These apply even the performance is given without charge.

By: spencer

spencer — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:28:40 +0000

What about movies? Plays? Why not? I mean, if we can read a book outloud simply because it’s an understood and normalized fair use practice of the public library, then I argue that showing a movie is exactly the same. I have no memories of a time when libraries didn’t show movies. It’s for “educational” purposes too.

What about every high school theater production? Those are for educational use too.

I guess I’m not too worried about this happening- but I could see their argument. However, I can also see how if their argument is debunked how it can lead to other arguments falling.

By: thelibrarina

thelibrarina — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:53:37 +0000

Just to be safe, I think I’m going to start reading only works in the public domain at storytime. The trouble is, Baum and Carroll are a little too advanced for my preschool group. So let’s see. Public Domain applies mainly to works published before 1923, so…

Yep, looks like it’s Little Black Sambo, every day of the week.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:17:02 +0000

If you read section 110 of title 17 of the United States Code, Limitations on Exclusive Rights: Exemption of Certain Performances of Displays, it states: “…the following are not infringements
of copyright:(1) performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction, unless, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, the performance, or the display
of individual images, is given by means of a copy that was not lawfully made under this title, and that the person responsible for the performance knew or had reason to believe was not lawfully made…” No mention of whether this applies to sharing a selection or the entire work. I’m no expert here, so let me know if there’s something that I’m missing. (My source: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/)

Also, here’s an article from the Programming Librarian about why storytimes fall within fair use: http://www.programminglibrarian.org/library/planning/copyright-tips-for-programming-librarians-storytimes.html

By: me

me — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:09:00 +0000

I think this link explains well enough why story time is protected: http://www.programminglibrarian.org/library/planning/copyright-tips-for-programming-librarians-storytimes.html#.T3CiHWFSTJU