[Videolib] Looking for Common Ground
A made-for-TV movie about the Boston bussing riots-produced by Lorimar Productions in 1990-in 1990- Any ideas would be much appreciated! Maureen Tripp Media Librarian Iwasaki Library 120 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 maureen_tr...@emerson.edu (617)824-8407 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Looking for Common Ground
I don't know anything specific about this title, but old made for TV movies are particularly hard to track down and often were never released on video and have not much hope of going to DVD. I do know the Lorimar library is particularly messed up rights wise. On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Maureen Tripp maureen_tr...@emerson.eduwrote: A made-for-TV movie about the Boston bussing riots—produced by Lorimar Productions in 1990—in 1990— Any ideas would be much appreciated! Maureen Tripp Media Librarian Iwasaki Library 120 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 maureen_tr...@emerson.edu (617)824-8407 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Films set in Venice
SUMMERTIME, directed by David Lean and starring Katharine Hepburn! Excellent! Cecilia Cygnar AV Fiction Librarian Niles Public Library District Niles, IL 60714 847-663-6616 ccyg...@nileslibrary.org mailto:ccyg...@nileslibrary.org From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Kerbel, Michael Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 4:42 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Films set in Venice Lubitsch's Trouble In Paradise From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ball, James (jmb4aw) Sent: Friday, January 21, 2011 9:11 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Films set in Venice I'll kick off the fun Friday questions today. I have a professor who's looking for films set in or featuring Venice. Any ideas? Cheers, Matt Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 mattb...@virginia.edu https://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=62fe60f092584617be 4c37bdfc2dcf42URL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia.edu | 434-924-3812 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
[Videolib] Looking for Black Girl
Hello everyone, I'm trying to locate Ossie Davis's 1972 film Black Girl, a Lee Savin Productions film. Does any one know if this title is, or has ever been, commercially available? Thanks! -lisa Music Media Librarian Howard-Tilton Memorial Library Tulane University lhoop...@tulane.edu 504.314.7822 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] FW: Re: Filmakers Library acquired by Alexander Street Press
Hi Gary, Just to set your mind further at ease Filmakers Library will be continuing to acquire quality films as we have for the last 40 years. The staff here, Linda Gottesman and Andrea Traubner and I will remain and continue acquisition with the encouragement of ASP. Now we can offer filmmakers the added benefit of streaming their works as well as DVD sales., Sue E. Oscar Filmakers Library 124 East 40th St New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-808-4980 Fax: 212 808-4983 e-mail: i...@filmakers.com web: www.filmakers.com On Jan 23, 2011, at 3:59 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Fabulous! Thanks, Eileen, for the clarification. I'm forwarding this on to the list, per your request. Makes me breath a bit easier! I'm still curious about the future of FL new acquisitions. Will ASP be taking this over, or just the backlist? Best, Gary Hi, Gary- I thought this should get an immediate reply, and as it's the weekend and the editors won't see it until Monday, let me send just this quickly. I'm not on the listserv, so I can't post. I wonder if someone can hop on to explain that the Filmakers Library titles aren't going to be on a streamed-only model. The videos will continue to be available, title by title, as DVDs. No change there. We're also working on model for streaming individual titles. Filmakers Library is now part of Alexander Street Press, but it's there and it's not disappearing, the Filmakers Library staff are still doing their splendid work with community of film makers, as before. You ask about the future. We'll be, as you say, scouting for new titles. We expect Filmakers Library to continue to grow. Eileen Lawrence Alexander Street Press -- Forwarded message -- From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Date: Jan 22, 2011 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Filmakers Library acquired by Alexander Street Press To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Wow This is not particularly wonderful news, in my book. I admire ASP, but the business model they've established for video doesn't make my heart sing. There are lots of reasons why streamed-only content doesn't work well in academic library contexts, and the model whereby single titles are not available for purchase and licensing is really a serious problem as well. Also, I'm wondering what the future of Filmakers Library new acquisitions is going to be: Is ASP simply buying the FL backlist, or will they actively be scouting for new titles... Lots of questions. gary handman I understand that this was announced at ALA MidWinter last week, but didn't see anything posted about it here. I've been off the list for a while, so apologies is this has already been posted or discussed here. Information Today, Inc. had an article on Thursday about Alexander Street Press's acquisition of Filmakers Library and new directions the company is taking the collection. Read it here: http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Streaming-Video-and- Music-Develop ments-at-Alexander-Street-Press-73341.asp -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Mail Code 1006 Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video
Re: [Videolib] FW: Re: Filmakers Library acquired by Alexander Street Press
Thanks, Sue I get nervous easily these days. I like Alexander Street Press, generally, and think they'll do right by you...IF, as I am reassured, they will offer streaming of single-titles, rather than requiring the purchase of whole collections or sub-collections. I'll be curious to see what the pricing structure is. Best to all my FL friends, Gary Handman Hi Gary, Just to set your mind further at ease Filmakers Library will be continuing to acquire quality films as we have for the last 40 years. The staff here, Linda Gottesman and Andrea Traubner and I will remain and continue acquisition with the encouragement of ASP. Now we can offer filmmakers the added benefit of streaming their works as well as DVD sales., Sue E. Oscar Filmakers Library 124 East 40th St New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-808-4980 Fax: 212 808-4983 e-mail: i...@filmakers.com web: www.filmakers.com On Jan 23, 2011, at 3:59 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Fabulous! Thanks, Eileen, for the clarification. I'm forwarding this on to the list, per your request. Makes me breath a bit easier! I'm still curious about the future of FL new acquisitions. Will ASP be taking this over, or just the backlist? Best, Gary Hi, Gary- I thought this should get an immediate reply, and as it's the weekend and the editors won't see it until Monday, let me send just this quickly. I'm not on the listserv, so I can't post. I wonder if someone can hop on to explain that the Filmakers Library titles aren't going to be on a streamed-only model. The videos will continue to be available, title by title, as DVDs. No change there. We're also working on model for streaming individual titles. Filmakers Library is now part of Alexander Street Press, but it's there and it's not disappearing, the Filmakers Library staff are still doing their splendid work with community of film makers, as before. You ask about the future. We'll be, as you say, scouting for new titles. We expect Filmakers Library to continue to grow. Eileen Lawrence Alexander Street Press -- Forwarded message -- From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Date: Jan 22, 2011 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Filmakers Library acquired by Alexander Street Press To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Wow This is not particularly wonderful news, in my book. I admire ASP, but the business model they've established for video doesn't make my heart sing. There are lots of reasons why streamed-only content doesn't work well in academic library contexts, and the model whereby single titles are not available for purchase and licensing is really a serious problem as well. Also, I'm wondering what the future of Filmakers Library new acquisitions is going to be: Is ASP simply buying the FL backlist, or will they actively be scouting for new titles... Lots of questions. gary handman I understand that this was announced at ALA MidWinter last week, but didn't see anything posted about it here. I've been off the list for a while, so apologies is this has already been posted or discussed here. Information Today, Inc. had an article on Thursday about Alexander Street Press's acquisition of Filmakers Library and new directions the company is taking the collection. Read it here: http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Streaming-Video-and- Music-Develop ments-at-Alexander-Street-Press-73341.asp -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Mail Code 1006 Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu
Re: [Videolib] Looking for Black Girl
It was released by Cinerama, which was part of ABC which now part of Disney, but I have no idea if they still own it and they clearly have not released it. On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Hooper, Lisa K lhoop...@tulane.edu wrote: Hello everyone, I’m trying to locate Ossie Davis’s 1972 film Black Girl, a Lee Savin Productions film. Does any one know if this title is, or has ever been, commercially available? Thanks! -lisa Music Media Librarian Howard-Tilton Memorial Library Tulane University lhoop...@tulane.edu 504.314.7822 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] Need advice on pricing tech specs for streaming rights
I had a computer crash on Fri. so I couldn't answer you sooner. Meanwhile I've seen some of the other responses. Jessica, if our college has to digitize (transcode) the item, and store it on our own server, and deal with our own infrastructure in order to stream the video, then we ought not to be paying the same amount as when we are able to link to a vendor's site, where the video is waiting to be viewed. It costs staff time to transcode the DVD - it costs staff time to ftp the file to wherever the server is that will do the streaming, and it takes staff time manage the server. If we do all of those things, we ought to be given some consideration for having done all of the work. I think your price of $200 per disc, for a 6 year term, if that's what you're saying, is dependent on the situation. Formulas may not work in this rapidly changing world. I certainly would not pay that for a $50 retail video. and we do all the work. You should be paying us. As for 6 year, 5 year or perpetual license terms - you know what, folks? After 5 years, a video may be getting tired, anyway. Other than classics, which many of us who've been in the biz. a number of years can name, 5 years is a good run on a documentary. Being reminded to remove it from your server may be doing you a favor, to do collection management, and weed out the older content. We have so many items on our media shelves (yes, we do have a collection housed separately) that are so old, they should have been removed 5 years ago, but we never got around to it. So, I'm coming around to thinking that 5 or 6 years may be an acceptable term. Hopefully, there would be recourse to renew for another term, if the item is still being used. And then there's the issue of server storage space - videos take up a lot of space, especially if you have chosen a larger format screen size over the miniature size. We just transcoded a video into MP4 and it takes up 600 MB of space - it won't take long to fill up storage space at that rate. So, removing older videos is a good thing, if lack of use justifies it. Those are some of my ideas, now that we've begun to wade in the quagmire of streaming. Regards, Susan Weber Jessica Rosner wrote: I am working with a number of filmmakers and small distributors who would like to sell streaming rights for their films. It is an eclectic group but mostly documentaries and classic films. Most, but not all can sell lifetime streaming rights, but some can only sell for their own contract term which is probably about six years. I should mention some of these films are institutional only and sell for a few hundred dollars each and others are available retail for around $30. In most cases PPR rights would also be included and many of these are films that actually get screened on campuses. Streaming prices seem to be all over the map these days. I was thinking of roughly $200 extra (beyond the current sale price) for singledisc titles and $300 or more for multi-disc sets. As mentioned not all of the films will have lifetime rights, but even those for which the term would only be 6 years would have to be at the same price point. It would be possible to license a film for less for one time/semester use. Standard restrictions would apply such as going on password protected system and accessible only to students or faculty using them for a specific course. Besides pricing the other big issue is the "access" issue. These filmmakers do not have the money or time to set up their own servers so they would be selling a physical DVD for which the institution could digitize and put on its own system. I would like to know any general feedback to the above and if many of you are now buying or licensing streaming rights for classroom films. You can email me on list for discussion or off list for more details etc. email is jessicapros...@gmail.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Susan Weber, Librarian Langara College, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 2Z6 Tel. 604-323-5533 email: swe...@langara.bc.ca VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] FW: Re: Filmakers Library acquired by Alexander Street Press
I'm sure there is a collective sigh of relief that FL will stay around! Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 1:52 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] FW: Re: Filmakers Library acquired by Alexander Street Press Thanks, Sue I get nervous easily these days. I like Alexander Street Press, generally, and think they'll do right by you...IF, as I am reassured, they will offer streaming of single-titles, rather than requiring the purchase of whole collections or sub-collections. I'll be curious to see what the pricing structure is. Best to all my FL friends, Gary Handman Hi Gary, Just to set your mind further at ease Filmakers Library will be continuing to acquire quality films as we have for the last 40 years. The staff here, Linda Gottesman and Andrea Traubner and I will remain and continue acquisition with the encouragement of ASP. Now we can offer filmmakers the added benefit of streaming their works as well as DVD sales., Sue E. Oscar Filmakers Library 124 East 40th St New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-808-4980 Fax: 212 808-4983 e-mail: i...@filmakers.com web: www.filmakers.com On Jan 23, 2011, at 3:59 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Fabulous! Thanks, Eileen, for the clarification. I'm forwarding this on to the list, per your request. Makes me breath a bit easier! I'm still curious about the future of FL new acquisitions. Will ASP be taking this over, or just the backlist? Best, Gary Hi, Gary- I thought this should get an immediate reply, and as it's the weekend and the editors won't see it until Monday, let me send just this quickly. I'm not on the listserv, so I can't post. I wonder if someone can hop on to explain that the Filmakers Library titles aren't going to be on a streamed-only model. The videos will continue to be available, title by title, as DVDs. No change there. We're also working on model for streaming individual titles. Filmakers Library is now part of Alexander Street Press, but it's there and it's not disappearing, the Filmakers Library staff are still doing their splendid work with community of film makers, as before. You ask about the future. We'll be, as you say, scouting for new titles. We expect Filmakers Library to continue to grow. Eileen Lawrence Alexander Street Press -- Forwarded message -- From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Date: Jan 22, 2011 2:11 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] Filmakers Library acquired by Alexander Street Press To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Wow This is not particularly wonderful news, in my book. I admire ASP, but the business model they've established for video doesn't make my heart sing. There are lots of reasons why streamed-only content doesn't work well in academic library contexts, and the model whereby single titles are not available for purchase and licensing is really a serious problem as well. Also, I'm wondering what the future of Filmakers Library new acquisitions is going to be: Is ASP simply buying the FL backlist, or will they actively be scouting for new titles... Lots of questions. gary handman I understand that this was announced at ALA MidWinter last week, but didn't see anything posted about it here. I've been off the list for a while, so apologies is this has already been posted or discussed here. Information Today, Inc. had an article on Thursday about Alexander Street Press's acquisition of Filmakers Library and new directions the company is taking the collection. Read it here: http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Streaming-Video-and- Music-Develop ments-at-Alexander-Street-Press-73341.asp -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Mail Code 1006 Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt
Re: [Videolib] Need advice on pricing tech specs for streaming rights
Well it is a question of if the titles are ones you would want to stream, ones that are or would be used in classes. Otherwise it is not worth paying for the rights whether you do the work or access it. Actually a number of the films I am talking about are classics ( Chaplin, Melies, Fairbanks) others are documentaries and a few are fiction features. Most, but not all can in fact be licensed for screening in perpetuity. One of the things I am trying to do in encouraging the rights holders I deal with is to accept a kind of one price fits all model which may not be ideal but the alternative is a mess. I don't want to be in the position of licensing streaming rights based on enrollment, amount of use etc. Just as librarians would hate trying to track that, so would rights holders. I am not sure why you would object to paying $200 (or more) for licensing a title that say costs only $30 for a DVD copy, the point should be how widely would it be used. If WB said you could license CITIZEN KANE for 6 years or forever for $200 or $300 bucks but you had to transcode it yourself, I am guessing it would be worth it. I imagine librarians and instructors basically have to come up with a formula to decide what titles are worth buying streaming rights on based on some estimate of use. On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Susan Weber swe...@langara.bc.ca wrote: I had a computer crash on Fri. so I couldn't answer you sooner. Meanwhile I've seen some of the other responses. Jessica, if our college has to digitize (transcode) the item, and store it on our own server, and deal with our own infrastructure in order to stream the video, then we ought not to be paying the same amount as when we are able to link to a vendor's site, where the video is waiting to be viewed. It costs staff time to transcode the DVD - it costs staff time to ftp the file to wherever the server is that will do the streaming, and it takes staff time manage the server. If we do all of those things, we ought to be given some consideration for having done all of the work. I think your price of $200 per disc, for a 6 year term, if that's what you're saying, is dependent on the situation. Formulas may not work in this rapidly changing world. I certainly would not pay that for a $50 retail video. and we do all the work. You should be paying us. As for 6 year, 5 year or perpetual license terms - you know what, folks? After 5 years, a video may be getting tired, anyway. Other than classics, which many of us who've been in the biz. a number of years can name, 5 years is a good run on a documentary. Being reminded to remove it from your server may be doing you a favor, to do collection management, and weed out the older content. We have so many items on our media shelves (yes, we do have a collection housed separately) that are so old, they should have been removed 5 years ago, but we never got around to it. So, I'm coming around to thinking that 5 or 6 years may be an acceptable term. Hopefully, there would be recourse to renew for another term, if the item is still being used. And then there's the issue of server storage space - videos take up a lot of space, especially if you have chosen a larger format screen size over the miniature size. We just transcoded a video into MP4 and it takes up 600 MB of space - it won't take long to fill up storage space at that rate. So, removing older videos is a good thing, if lack of use justifies it. Those are some of my ideas, now that we've begun to wade in the quagmire of streaming. Regards, Susan Weber Jessica Rosner wrote: I am working with a number of filmmakers and small distributors who would like to sell streaming rights for their films. It is an eclectic group but mostly documentaries and classic films. Most, but not all can sell lifetime streaming rights, but some can only sell for their own contract term which is probably about six years. I should mention some of these films are institutional only and sell for a few hundred dollars each and others are available retail for around $30. In most cases PPR rights would also be included and many of these are films that actually get screened on campuses. Streaming prices seem to be all over the map these days. I was thinking of roughly $200 extra (beyond the current sale price) for singledisc titles and $300 or more for multi-disc sets. As mentioned not all of the films will have lifetime rights, but even those for which the term would only be 6 years would have to be at the same price point. It would be possible to license a film for less for one time/semester use. Standard restrictions would apply such as going on password protected system and accessible only to students or faculty using them for a specific course. Besides pricing the other big issue is the access issue. These filmmakers do not have the money or time to set up their own servers so they would be selling a physical DVD for which
[Videolib] language from vendors
Hi all, Out of curiosity, not wanting to open pandoras box (it may be inevitable) When a vendor (ie, First Run) uses non-theatrical public performance OR When a vendor (ie, Film Media Group) uses public performance allowed how are you defining non-theatrical PPR v. PPR. thanks, lorraine wochna alden library ohio university athens OH 45701 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Re: [Videolib] language from vendors
I think that is just semantics. Nobody is selling films to theaters for public performances. That is strictly rental. However MY can of worms is why so many non theatrical licenses have a limit of 50 people. I have no idea why that number. I would think it would be great if you get 100 people on a college campus to see a film. I suspect it is meant to differentiate an educational showing from one that might be part of regular student film series, but I have a hard time imagining that is much of an issue these days with the kind of films that are sold with PPR rights. On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Wochna, Lorraine woc...@ohio.edu wrote: Hi all, Out of curiosity, not wanting to open pandoras box (it may be inevitable) When a vendor (ie, First Run) uses non-theatrical public performance OR When a vendor (ie, Film Media Group) uses public performance allowed how are you defining non-theatrical PPR v. PPR. thanks, lorraine wochna alden library ohio university athens OH 45701 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
