Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

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Only original FIberbilt Cases bear this Trade Mark Your Assurance of "Finest Qualify" For 16mm Film — 400' fo 3000' Reel* Sold by All Leading Dsolors THE READER'S RIGHT Producing AV Materials on A Limited Audiovisual Budget Editor: As a teacher and former part-time audiovisual coordinator, I look at the copyright controversy with mixed feelings. I am in accord with your views regarding the copyright laws, and the illegality of reproducing copyrighted materials for profit. But I have known teachers who have reproduced materials for their own class use without any idea of profit. This act may be illegal, and if so, should not be condoned—unless, of course, we condone the Boston Tea Party too. It does not take too much observation to see that many audiovisual materials manufacturers are pricing themselves out of the school market. I know of more than one school in which rental films are "forbidden fruit" because of the high rental charges. I know too that it is possible to process a 35 mm film for $3.00 to $4.00, while the companies producing these films by the hundreds and thousands cannot or will not sell these filmstrips under $5.00 to $7.00. When you have a limited audiovisual budget, you can buy only so many filmstrips, and the price of 16 mm films is prohibitive. Nor am I speaking of backwoods schools. I wonder if this has any bearing on why people are illegally reproducing audiovisual materials for their own use? As a solution, perhaps more schools will run do-it-yourself workshops, and hopefully, more teachers will turn out their own materials for their own use. For example, I am sure that radio programs are public domain, since they are broadcast. I would suggest that teachers record these on tape, write and adapt their own materials, produce their own films (probably 8mm) and filmstrips, write and ditto their own materials. Not only would this provide a source of tailor-made materials, it would save money in the process. As Raymond Wyman pointed out (September, 1962 issue) most people "seem willing and pleased to have their works reproduced for classroom instructional purposes, when credit is given." I feel that authorship should always be recognized— every teacher should give credit for material used, in fact, ask permission. But I also think every teacher should develop materi als for his own use, which could be shared with fellow teachers. Beyond personal school use, I feel that these materials are entitled to royalties. Furthermore I think writers and producers should try to get their materials produced and marketed as reasonably as possible. It seems obvious to me that teachers who produce materials which others find valuable are making as significant a contribution to education as those who write a thesis or dissertation which is filed away in a library. I hope that eventually, some university will recognize this. John Kriebel 2895 Carter Road Trevose, Penna. Concerning Copyright Law Editor: The excellent article entitled "Technological Piracy" (September, 1962 issue) is greatly appreciated. I am convinced that there is only a small percentage of teachers who break the copyright laws and that most of these do it through ignorance. Mr. Wyman's article gives explicit information which will help all teachers avoid unintentional illegal use of copyrighted material. However, he is in error on one very important point, when he states that "some items bearing a copyright notice have not actually been copyrighted. This would require a search at the Register of Copyrights." I personally learned the fallacy of this statement when I tried to ascertain who had the copyright to several publications in filmstrip form. At the Copyright office in the Library of Congress I was given a copy of their circular #35 entitled: General Information on Copyright. 1 quote from page 5: "It is the act of publication with notice that secures copyright protection in a published work; the copyright office registers claims but does not grant copyrights." What Mr. Wyman probably meant is that many copyrighted publications are not registered at the Copyright Office. This is true. However, they still carry the full protection of the copyright law if published with proper copyright notice. Herbert M. Elkins Herbert M. Elkins Co. 1013 Commerce Titjunga, California 640 Educational Screen and Audiovisual Guide — November, 1962