GAMERT (Gaming) Round Table

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The mission of the Games and Gaming Round Table is to provide the following:
  • A forum for the exchange of ideas and concerns surrounding games in libraries;
  • Resources to the library community to support the building and maintaining of library game collections;
  • A force for initiating and supporting game programming in libraries;
  • Create an awareness of, and need for, the support of the value of gaming and play in libraries, schools, and related learning communities.
  • Create an awareness of the value of games and gaming in library outreach and community engagement plans.
  • A professional and social forum for networking among librarians and non-librarians interested in games and gaming.

  • 1.  DMCA and GameRT

    Posted Apr 13, 2015 11:47 AM

    GameRT needs to be more active in supporting comments for exemptions for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), specifically section 1201. EFF has an article here. 


    The deadline for comments this year is May 1st so we need comments by April 17th if you have them. We need examples of how DMCA has affected your library collection. Here are a few questions related to this exemption:



    • Are the video consoles that we want to circumvent no longer available in the market place?  Has the manufacturer abandoned the old console in preference for a new improved consoles that they expect consumers to buy instead?

    • Can old games only run on old consoles?  Or are the games new and improved?  Are the examples of games that are almost extinct (only a few remaining copies)?

    • Are older formats a problem? Is there a way to play them?


    If you have examples of how section 1201 affects you adversely please send them to Carrie Russell (crussell at alawash.org) and copy me (diane.robson at unt.edu). 


    Even if we don't make this date all is not lost. This comes up every two years! EFF does a great job, but we need to be adding our voice to this for libraries every time it comes up. 


    If any of you are particularly keen on following copyright as it relates to games and gaming, let me know. We could use someone to lead this effort year round. 


    Thanks,
    Diane



  • 2.  RE: DMCA and GameRT

    Posted Apr 13, 2015 12:28 PM

    Can we repost this message elsewhere (e.g. facebook groups, listservs?) I think we might get good traction from people who aren't necessary in gameRT or super involved in connect.

     

    Teresa



  • 3.  RE: DMCA and GameRT

    Posted Apr 13, 2015 12:59 PM

    Yes, you can repost this.

    We hope to get some information about DMCA and how it affects libraries as well as a comment form posted on the GameRT website. This probably won't happen in time for this round of comments. 

    Diane