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It has been accepted for inclusion in BG News (Student Newspaper) by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@BGSU. vol. 66 issue 97 friday, may 4,1984 new/bowling green state university Video rental law affects dorm use by Don Lee mitory room can be considered a slat! reporter home "since the purpose of limiting such tapes to home use is directed at According to an Illinois-based film prohibiting their public display or company, the viewing of rented, pre- viewing." recorded videotapes in dormitory PUBLIC DISPLAY is defined as lounges and TV rooms is against display "at a place open to the public federal law. or at any place where a substantial A letter to University President number of persons outside a normal Paul Olscamp from Swank Motion circle of a family and its social ac- Pictures, Inc.. of Downers Grove, 111., quaintances is gathered," by Section said all public viewing of rented, 101 of Title 17. copyrighted videotapes is illegal with- A "family" could be analogized to a out a license from the copyright small group of friends in a dormitory holder. room, Graziano said, adding the num- ber of people viewing the tape would Under federal copyright law, Title determine whether or not the viewing 17 of the United States Code, unli- location could be considered a home censed viewing of such cassettes, in the legal sense. protected by copyright, is restricted The University response went on to to "home use only." say Swank could prohibit rental to A response from the University to University students if either Swank or the motion picture company, recom- the commercial agency renting tapes mended by Marshall and Melhorn of to students disapproved of the way the Toledo, legal counsels for the Univer- tapes were being used. sity, stated rental and viewing of Graziano said the University is not videocassettes as practiced by Uni- legally responsible for any infringe- Blind Simulation phofos/EizaoeihMOCV versity students "is not illegal, since ment except where the University has The 406 Health Care and Administration class, instructed by Carl Shantzis, dormitory rooms can be considered control over the viewing and expects learned what it would be like to be blind by walking blindfolded through homes for the purpose of viewing to gain financially from the viewing. campus. Left. John Rositano, junior physical education major, is led by his rented videotapes." He added both these conditions must classmates. The class walked around the Eppler Complex and Business Attorney Dominick Graziano of be fulfilled at the same time for the Administration building during the recent blind simulation class. Marshall and Melhorn agreed a dor- University to be responsible. Students explain alcohol liability to BG vendors by April McClellan in technology. "According to the law, and restaurant owners were invited to come upset and warned local and dance floors to patrons, providing The third type of training is the slatt reporter sellers cannot defend themselves by the presentation at Wood County Li- insurance agents against not making incentives by insurance agencies, manager/server training session saying they did not know a person was brary to raise awareness of this prob- coverage available to clients who sale training programs and passing a local which involves role-playing. This en- Graduate students presented propo- intoxicated." lem. liquor." In this case, agents can also ordinance. ables servers and managers to prac- sals Wednesday night to help bar and Kamilaris and Eileen Kelly, also a Kamilaris said the incidence of be held Labile for damages. tice in similar situations and carry-out owners avoid liability for graduate assistant in technology, and action taken against sellers has in- SUCH AN ordinance was passed in increases general awareness of all accidents "said to result from the sale Guldal Caba and Karen Snyder, grad- creased 300 percent since 1961 and is Several possible solutions were of- Madison, Wise, which requires all persons involved in liquor liability. of alcohol to intoxicated persons." uate assistants in home economics, steadily rising. Last year, a Denver fered to area bar and restaurant bartenders to take a three- to four- are members of a new career and woman was awarded $9.5 million by a owners. Kelly said the possible solu- hour alcohol awareness course at Also, there is an orientation aware- liquor laws in Ohio state that "no design technology course taught by bar owner because she was injured in tions include increasing general Madison Area Technical College ness training program for top man- sale shall be made to an intoxicated Dr. Richard Horton, which deals with an accident with a drunk driver, he awareness of the problem, maintain- which is referred to as institute train- agement which is a one- to three-hour person." If an intoxicated person is analysis in design and training for added. ing a list of helpful organizations and ing. overview of liquor laws and how to served and later causes an accident, business and industry. state agencies, using effective com- deal with problem customers. the liquor server can be held liable for The students suggested liquor sell- munication with employees, posting Another type of training course is the damages that may occur. "A SIGNIFICANT number of sell- ers obtain liquor liability insurance to informative signs and posters in the referred to as server training for Caba said fees range from $10 to "Any persons injured have a right ers do not know their liability to cover them in the event of a law suit. bar area or employee rooms, provid- bartenders. It involves video pro- $100 per trainee for external training of action against (the) seller," said parties involved in these accidents," Kamilaris added, however, "Sup- ing successful alternatives ana diver- grams on intoxication and role play- and management/employee and Chris Kamilaris, graduate assistant Kamilaris said. As a result, area bar pliers of liability insurance have be- sions like food, non-alcohol beverages ing sessions. orientation awareness programs. Man accused of raping scouts Loves to do Shakespeare COLUMBUS (AP) - A former scout- said Speer sexually assaulted during launched, Baldridge said. master has been accused of molesting the past year and a half. Police said Speer served two years as scout- Historian directs local dramas members of his Boy Scout troop, the other victims are mentally re- master for Troop 684. The troop is including some who are so severely tarded. sponsored by the West Central Train- retarded they cannot testify against Juvenile Officer Evelyn Baldridge. ing Center, a treatment center on the by April McClellan him in court, police said yesterday. who did a two-month investigation of city's near west side run by the statt reporter the case, said "the scoutmaster was Franklin County Board of Mental Brian Speer. 29, of 791S. Champion taking them on hiking and camping Retardation. When most people think of a Ave., was indicted by the Franklin trips, then raping them. He also took Speer resigned as scoutmaster in Shakespeare drama, the first thing County grand jury on a single count of some boys home and had sexual con- January, Baldridge said. that comes to mind are characters rape. Sneer, who also worked for five duct with them." For the past five years, Speer dressed in Elizabethan costumes years in caring for severely hand- Baldridge said police filed a charge worked at Helnzerling Memorial speaking fluent old English. icapped children, has pleaded inno- in only one case because at least three Foundation, a residential treatment But, a University professor has cent. other victims are so severely re- center for severely retarded children recently directed a Shakespeare Police said the charge stems from a tarded that they are unable to testify on the west side. Speer resigned his play in which one particular scene Jan. 17 incident in which Speer alleg- against Speer in court. job in January when thepolice inves- depicts characters dressed in over- edly invited a 10-year-old Boy Scout to BALDRIDGE SAID Speer con- tigation began, said Chris Rafeld, alls and hard hats and speaking spend the weekend at his home and fessed to police to "at least four director of programming at Heinzer- with a West Virginia twang. "engaged in sexual conduct" with cases" of raping children. ling. Dr. James Forse, history profes- him. When the 10-year-old victim later Rafeld said Speer had not been sor, uses this technique while di- The boy, who is not retarded, was told his parents what happened, they suspected of molesting children at the recting Shakespeare's play titled one of at least four Boy Scouts police called police and an investigation was foundation. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" because he said, "It's impossible to recreate the circumstances of a Shakespeare play the way he did." With this in mind, modern situa- Police try to stop Lot 12 vandals tions were used "to make the (characters) recognizable to a Due to a large number of vandalism There are plain-clothes policeman was that of a University student's car modern audience," Forse said. reports. University police have in- in the cemetery watching for these tires and rims.