Items in categories 1, 2, 5, 7, and 8 should be put into EAD finding aids.Category 3 items DO NOT go in finding aids. The MARC records for items in category 3 will be suppressed from MAGIC. Items in category 6 need further research; generally they will not go in finding aids for the time being, but occasional exceptions are allowed. Categories 5 and 8 items need permissions; if permission is denied, they will be removed from finding aids
1 =
Ok for web and loan - Public Domain
· NOTE: These are all public domain materials.
· YES: All pre-1923 items
· YES: Federal government official speaking on government business. E.g. Clinton giving the state of the
union address, or C-SPAN covering the floor of Congress.
· NO: Federal government officials NOT speaking on government business. E.g. Clinton accepting the Democratic
nomination. (mark it a 2)
· NO: C-SPAN's other programs (interviews, book readings, etc) (treat as non-network TV)
· Assign a 1 status if possible. E.g. If an item could be both a 1 and a 2 (Clinton giving a press conference
recorded from CBS Evening News), assign it a 1.
2
= Ok to hold and loan (news) - Broadcast News
· NOTE: This is the 17 USC 108 news exemption. Refers only to TV nightly news; NOT all news is OK.
· YES: NBC, CBS, or ABC nightly or evening news, or other 1970s style news shows
· YES: News broadcasts that react to events that have just happened, e.g. the Hindenberg explosion.
· YES: Political conventions on network TV
· YES: Things that sound like news events where note field reads just CBS-TV, NBC-TV, or ABC-TV. We will
assume it is news for now.
· YES: CBC or BBC news recorded in US
· NO: news shows that discuss events after the fact, e.g. CBS Sunday Morning, roundups of the news
· NO: Meet the Press or other interview shows
3
= Don't digitize, suppress MAGIC. No loan - Not in Finding Aid
· NOTE: remember a YES for this category is something we should NOT have.
· YES: Anything since 1923 not covered by other categories.
· YES: Talk shows like Today Show, Good Morning America, etc.
· YES: Meet the Press or other interview shows
· YES: post 1923 TV Fiction, e.g. Cheers
· YES: Music (unless public domain or from LP (album) owned by MSU) post 1923
· YES: non-network radio & TV 1979-present
5 =
Pending permission. No loan - Permission Pending
· YES: post-1923 non-broadcast items where we might get a permission from the speaker / rights holder. (i.e.
recorded privately)
· YES: non-network radio programs (i.e. WJR, WJIM) from 1964-1978
· YES: non-network TV (i.e. WVIC) 1964-78
· YES: Preservation items by famous speakers from 1964-1978
· NO: Network items where permissions will cost thousands.
6 =
Status unknown. No loan. Further research needed. - Status Unknown
· NOTE: Questions go here.
· YES: Anything where there is uncertainty
· YES: anything where we need more provenance info, especially date or source of broadcast
7
= OK to hold and loan (preservation) - Preservation
· YES: network & non-network radio and TV items from 1923-63 but NOT Music
· YES: LPs owned by MSU (record name &/or number listed in Note field)
· YES: rare and valuable materials where we have some hope of getting a permission
· NO: anything from a network that was a compilation, e.g. 60 Minutes, Biography
· NO: network fiction since 1964
· NO: Music broadcasts recorded from TV or radio post 1923
8
= OK web & loan pending permission (MSU provenance) - MSU Provenance
· NOTE: We still need to get permissions to put these on the web
· YES: MSU employees speaking
· YES: other speakers at MSU, recorded at MSU
· NOTE: Mark MSU STUDENTS as 5
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Copyright Guidelines for TV & Radio |
Network TV |
Non-Network TV |
Network Radio |
Non-Network Radio |
WKAR |
|
pre 1923 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
n/a |
|
1924-63 |
7 or 1 or 2 |
7 or 1 |
7 or 1 |
7 or 1 |
8 |
|
1964-78 |
3 or 1 or 2 |
5 or 1 |
3 or 1 |
5 |
8 (if local show) |
|
1979-present |
3 or 1or 2 |
3 or 5 (if local station) |
3 or 1 |
3 or 5 (if local station) |
8 (if local show) |