[LM_NET] TARGET: Copyright question regarding Video on Demand

[Linda Elliott <lelliott60@YAHOO.COM>]

Does anyone know for sure if converting a videotape to another format, such as a 
DVD or placing the content on a server constitutes copyright infrigement?  My 
understanding was that it does, based on the following:

When libraries purchase a videocassette, they purchase the physical object as 
distinct from purchasing the copyright to the content. Copyright regulations, 
therefore, determine what libraries can and cannot do with the videotapes they own 
without infringing upon the copyright they do not own.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/library/libraryfactsheet/alalibraryfactsheet7.cfm

Our school would like to place the contents of our film library on a server for 
distribution to one classroom at a time (Video on Demand) and I'm questioning if 
that is accurate.  Thanks for helping me clarify this!

Linda

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