[Videolib] Contact info needed

2010-02-17 Thread Rhonda Pancoe
Does anyone have contact information on Asia Visions Media Foundation? I'm trying to track down Migrante, 1988 a film about Filipina Maids in Hong Kong. Rhonda Pancoe Media Acquisitions Coordinator Colgate University 13 Oak Drive Hamilton, NY 13346 315-228-7858 Phone 315-228-6227 Fax

[Videolib] videos on law in Mexico, Italy, Israel or Japan

2010-02-17 Thread Beth Traylor
Hi All, I have a professor that needs videos on the law or legal issues in four different countries: Mexico, Italy, Israel and Japan. I found some: Presumed Guilty Senorita Extraviada Sentenced to Marriage Any other ideas? Thank you in

Re: [Videolib] Streaming video for reserves

2010-02-17 Thread Chuck McCann
The answer is, possibly. Jane, explore the option of using course management software like BlackBoard, for example, to facilitate this endeavor. This will provide a closed network that is reasonably secure. In addition it is by default only accessible to students on record for a class that has

Re: [Videolib] Streaming video for reserves

2010-02-17 Thread Jessica Rosner
Chuck, Do you think UCLA lawyers are idiots and just pulled their streaming for fun? You want to encourage another school to have to pay legal fees while this is still ongoing? Remember Federal Law trumps professors who think they have a right to digitize and stream copyrighted material. Between

Re: [Videolib] Streaming video for reserves

2010-02-17 Thread Chuck McCann
Jessica, thank you but no thank you. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Jessica Rosner maddux2...@gmail.comwrote: Chuck, Do you think UCLA lawyers are idiots and just pulled their streaming for fun? You want to encourage another school to have to pay legal fees while this is still ongoing?

Re: [Videolib] Streaming video for reserves

2010-02-17 Thread ghandman
Letting the higher ups make the decisions alone is never a good idea, Chuck. Media folk need to take the lead and manifest strong leadership in these issues because, frankly, administrators and faculty generally know squat about the issues, community common practice, legislation, and almost

Re: [Videolib] Streaming video for reserves

2010-02-17 Thread Jessica Rosner
Does that mean you advice people to do something that is illegal so they should do it in such a way as not to get caught? On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Chuck McCann cmcc...@fsu.edu wrote: Jessica, thank you but no thank you. On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Jessica Rosner

Re: [Videolib] Copyright Act Reform proposed

2010-02-17 Thread Chuck McCann
Good timing :) On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.edu wrote: Don't shoot the messenger Passing along this press release: Press Release: Public Knowledge Proposes New Copyright Act Reform. Public Knowledge, February 15, 2010.

Re: [Videolib] Haiti on Film

2010-02-17 Thread TWN Distribution
Dear Blaine, TWN distributes two documentaries about Haiti that might be of interest: SECONDHAND (PEPE) In this documentary about used clothing, the historical memoir of a Jewish immigrant rag picker intertwines with the present-day story of 'pepe' — secondhand clothing that flows from North