Jon Udell has an entry on streaming video of course lectures and raises the good questions that universities are having to address:

Permission to make and use such recordings will become a hot issue, if it isn’t already. As a student, can I audio- or video-record a lecture as a memory aid? If so can I retain it for future personal use? If not, should I expect to be able to access this material using university infrastructure while a student? As an alumnus? As a non-affiliated person? What fees would be charged (or not) in these various cases?

This also relates to yesterday’s trial-balloon posting about the future of blogging as a form of resume and autobiography. Should professors, and more broadly all professionals who speak to audiences, publish audio and/or video samples of those talks? Will professional blogs be expected to include or link to these materials, and comment on them, in the same way they might be expected to mention and contextualize professional publications? What level of “fair use” can or should govern one’s own performances done for hire?