[Publib] audiobooks and legality question

[Robert Balliot]

I recommend starting with Nolo first and formulating the right questions
before consulting an attorney.  Unless your city/town/county employs
attorneys for this purpose on retainer - having some of the research
together first can save some big bucks in hourly fees:

*http://tinyurl.com/37dxoj*
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On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:23 AM, George Hazelton <
ghazelton at mail.henry.public.lib.ga.us> wrote:

>  Let me guess … this person was selling a product competing with
> Playaways?  Ms. Kamm is right, consult an attorney, but I’d guess that the
> average attorney isn’t well versed on copyright law.
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> (Note new phone numbers)
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> George Hazelton
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> Assistant Director
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> Henry County Public Library System
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> 1001 Florence McGarity Pkwy
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> McDonough, GA 30252
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> Phone: 678-432-5353
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> FAX: 678-432-6153
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> email: grhazelton at mail.henry.public.lib.ga.us
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> *From:* publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> publib-bounces at webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Sue Kamm
> *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2009 10:11 AM
> *To:* Joshua J. Carlson; publib at webjunction.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Publib] audiobooks and legality question
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> Where did your sales rep go to law school?  And is s/he a member of your
> state's bar?  If the answer to those questions mean s/he isn't a lawyer,
> then you need to consult your library's attorney.  Lawyers are paid the big
> bucks to advise clients on legal issues.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Joshua J. Carlson"
> Sent: Jun 26, 2009 6:52 AM
> To: publib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Publib] audiobooks and legality question
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>  A sales rep recently suggested the following to me, and I’d like to know
> your opinion on the legality:
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> Background: I was asking about Playaways.
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> He said that we are allowed to keep 1 backup on CD of our audiobooks
> legally (?).  That because of this, rather than buying Playaways, he
> recommends purchasing audiobooks on CD, ripping them to MP3 format, and
> putting the MP3 version on a cheap MP3 player and circulating that (while
> keeping the CD version as the backup in house and non-circulating).  The
> rationale is that as long as we only ever circulate one copy (in other words
> not have multiple MP3 versions of the same 1 copy of an audiobook or
> circulate MP3 player version and CD version at the same time), it is legal.
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> What do you think?
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Your friendly CyberGoddess and Councilor-at-large,
> Sue Kamm
> Inglewood/Los Angeles, CA
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