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
Thank you for contacting me. The Media Education Foundation is closed on
Tuesday, January 18 for a snow day. I am, however, periodically checking e-mail
from home and will do my best to get back to you soon.
Thank you and have a great day,
Alex
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Jessica,
Would there be a different price for a library who already owns the
dvd and wants to purchase streaming rights?
Also, I have to put this out there: our library does not consider
streaming rights (or at least very rarely) for less than in
If they already own the film they would only need to pay the additional fee
for streaming.
I understand libraries want rights in perpetuity and I am sure most
companies would love to offer them, but as a practical legal matter it is
difficult. As mentioned the films I will work with involve some
I think it could be made more flexible, but rights holders don't want it to
be a free for all where the film can just be watched at anytime for any
reason. I mean they might be willing to do that, but they would want more
money. I think the people I work with would agree to something like
Hi Rod and Jessica,
We also rarely consider streaming rights for less than in perpetuity for the
same reasons. But am interested in a response regarding films already purchased
without streaming rights as well.
-Bonnie Brown
Avery Fisher Center
E.H. Bobst Library
New York University
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Per above I have no problem taking the original purchase price out, so that
a library could simply purchase the streaming rights on something they
already bought (provided it was a legit purchase)
The problem with limiting purchases to titles you can get lifetime rights
on, is that it is
I don't think there would be a problem. I think filmmakers just want to be
sure their work is not being streamed just because a person or group wants
to see it for fun, they might be flattered but they would want more money
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Brewer, Michael
Hi all,
I've had a patron ask me for any format (and any region, if located on
DVD) of a recording called Parcelle(s) Brillante, by Theodore Sturgeon,
based on his short story \'Bright Segment\', directed by Christian
Chalonge as part of French TV \'Histoires Insolites\' (yes, a French
Well a few of them could be gotten in high res but not most. They exist out
there but it is simply too expensive for them to make it available in this
kind of situation.
Again I can see directors/rights guys balking at unlimited access without a
higher fee. In there minds this is for educational
what do you do when a class does want to be able to watch via streaming
anything from Citizen Kane City Lights to Thin Blue Line and The Social
Network.
Then we say we can't get streaming and they just have to watch the DVD.
Matt
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Matt Ball
Media and Collections
Works for me.
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Ball, James (jmb4aw)
jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu wrote:
what do you do when a class does want to be able to watch via streaming
anything from Citizen Kane City Lights to Thin Blue Line and The Social
Network.
Then we say we can't get
Hi again,
I must admit that I was thinking mostly about educational video when I
last responded. For feature films, I would like to try providing access
to streamed feature films via a mega-service similar to the home video
on demand services to support the University - but with educational
I suspect the big rights holders who license large collections (Swank and
the two Criterions) will move to some sort of annual fee to use anything
they have. Not sure if that works, but again I suspect that is what they
will do.
As for the pricing I don't think I can do much about that for my
Again the people I work with are all very small. They simply can not invest
any more money in hosting or other services unless they could literally be
guaranteed a profit from day 1 and I can't see how to work that. As a
practical matter I don't see how going through a
2nd party would be safe for
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