Um, there's not really any way to do it legally except by buying whatever copies the broadcasters provide? And, as that post said, producers of broadcast media have never seen libraries as a significant market on our own, but that's because 1. we aren't a market that wants to leave them the control they want to have, and 2. we really aren't a significant market, unless their costs to produce the copies for us are really low, AND there's a critical mass of other consumers willing to buy them (e.g., movies and tv on VHS & then DVD). - N. Ansi

the only thing that comes to mind is Vanderbilt's Television News Archive - http://tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/ - ~Courtney F

Sigh. I was hoping to be proven incorrect about the difficulties. Thanks. (I'm still looking through Vanderbilt's info to see how it can be legal--maybe the collaboration with Library of Congress?) - Mark Kille

Mark, I'm not sure about the details about how the news archive works (although I'm at Vanderbilt and work with John Lynch's wife in the medical library). You could probably contact John about it, or Marshall Breeding. - Rachel Walden

Mark - in their user information they say something about it being legal because the tapes they send out are considered loans and must be returned, but i don't know any details beyond that. - http://test.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/web... - see the Terms of Use section - ~Courtney F

In New Zealand for academic libraries there's ECast http://www.e-cast.co.nz/educati... The website doesn't have much info and I can't remember much more, but basically it gives access to stream all sorts of programmes and if there's something specific coming up we can request it be recorded - or possibly that request goes through our own AV department. Either way the usage is allowed under our copyright law for educational purposes. - Deborah Fitchett