Comments on: Ms. 20 Copies, DRM and the ALA code of ethics: Rules just for biz hours? http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/01/ms-20-copies-and-the-ala-code-of-ethics-rules-operative-after-biz-hours/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:06:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/01/ms-20-copies-and-the-ala-code-of-ethics-rules-operative-after-biz-hours/#comment-839706 David Rothman Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:45:32 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/01/ms-20-copies-and-the-ala-code-of-ethics-rules-operative-after-biz-hours/#comment-839706 Thanks for your comments, Chris. Please note the original item: <a href="http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/06/30/piracy-lovin-librarians-how-typical-not-very-as-i-see-it-but-read-e-novelist-cornelia-amiris-complaint/" rel="nofollow">Piracy-lovin’ librarians: How typical? Not very, as I see it---but read e-novelist Cornelia Amiri’s complaint</a>. I'd hope that would put things in context. The news here is that a librarian seemed be stepping rather publicly outside the ALA ethics code as it applies to intellectual property matters. Your statement just confirms what I said---that this is not typical. <em>But</em> I still think that it would be helpful for it to be made clear that the code covers conduct outside business hours. This issue is important to me since we can't fight DRM without at the same time encouraging people to avoid abuse of fair use. Once again, thanks for your thoughts, and I hope you'll hang around here. David (Nonlibrarian) Thanks for your comments, Chris. Please note the original item: Piracy-lovin’ librarians: How typical? Not very, as I see it—but read e-novelist Cornelia Amiri’s complaint. I’d hope that would put things in context.

The news here is that a librarian seemed be stepping rather publicly outside the ALA ethics code as it applies to intellectual property matters. Your statement just confirms what I said—that this is not typical.

But I still think that it would be helpful for it to be made clear that the code covers conduct outside business hours.

This issue is important to me since we can’t fight DRM without at the same time encouraging people to avoid abuse of fair use.

Once again, thanks for your thoughts, and I hope you’ll hang around here.

David
(Nonlibrarian)

]]> By: Chris http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/01/ms-20-copies-and-the-ala-code-of-ethics-rules-operative-after-biz-hours/#comment-839686 Chris Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:10:59 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/07/01/ms-20-copies-and-the-ala-code-of-ethics-rules-operative-after-biz-hours/#comment-839686 As a college librarian I am a defender, against my will, of the tower of e-Babel. I encourage faculty to do legal things with course reserves, even if it's annoying. I give students reasonable and legal suggestions for images to use in presentations. And I follow and enforce the contracts we sign with publishers and vendors. Lots of librarians are anti-DRM, but you're making a pretty big deal out of one irresponsible statement that doesn't reflect the reality of any librarian I work with or have worked with. As a college librarian I am a defender, against my will, of the tower of e-Babel. I encourage faculty to do legal things with course reserves, even if it’s annoying. I give students reasonable and legal suggestions for images to use in presentations. And I follow and enforce the contracts we sign with publishers and vendors. Lots of librarians are anti-DRM, but you’re making a pretty big deal out of one irresponsible statement that doesn’t reflect the reality of any librarian I work with or have worked with.

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