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January 09, 2005
This would be a joke if it weren't so serious
One of the lunacies of contemporary life in the U.S. involves the desperate efforts, pre- and post-Sonny Bono, to protect proprietary rights in copy. It's not just that fair use has all but disappeared; it's also that the web of regulations for rights in copy produces outrages such as the disappearance of Eyes on the Prize from legal broadcast or new-copy sale. You can't buy a new copy of the series, and you can't broadcast it, either. As one who has repeatedly used videotape of the series in my classrooms, I can tell you that this is quite a loss. Misseli testifies to its effects on students and also details the legal reasons for its exit from circulation.
Posted by senioritis at January 9, 2005 02:54 PM