Re: [Videolib] Difficulties in obtaining streaming rights

2012-05-16 Thread Dave Dvorchak
Please send all of these filmmakers my way and I will happily oblige with 16mm and a big screen! I have more and more people pushing DVDs or some other digital screening method on me when I inquire about showing a print. Ble. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:30 PM, Dennis Doros wrote: > And if

Re: [Videolib] Difficulties in obtaining streaming rights

2012-05-16 Thread Dennis Doros
Well, of course, I don't think any film is irreplaceable (except Powell and Pressburger's I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING), but most people with films want to be found and their films rented. And I don't think you want to give up the Les Blanks and Frederick Wiseman's of the world who don't believe in givin

Re: [Videolib] Difficulties in obtaining streaming rights

2012-05-16 Thread Jessica Rosner
Trust me I know it is very frustrating, but the fact that you are unable to get a response or the even more likely scenario that the response is no ( I am thinking here more of feature films) than you have ask the instructor to either find another title you can license or presuming the title was re

Re: [Videolib] Difficulties in obtaining streaming rights

2012-05-16 Thread Evershed, Julie
I have had some luck in locating the filmmaker on Facebook, and then getting the appropriate rights/distributor contact information from that contact. I did not have to request that they add me as a friend, I could message them directly (but I think that might be a privacy setting, so your milea

Re: [Videolib] Difficulties in obtaining streaming rights

2012-05-16 Thread ghandman
Well...at present there are two alternatives, and really two only 1. Throw up your hands and find another film...assuming that streaming without permission or license does not stand up to fair use tests or your institution's tolerance for risk... or 2. Cast your lots with the risk-tolerant and

Re: [Videolib] Difficulties in obtaining streaming rights

2012-05-16 Thread Camille Walker
If you want to know more about streaming rights, attend the one-day session for only $200, Thursday, June 7th at the CIP Biennial Symposium in Baltimore, MD and hear keynote speaker Peggy Hoon discuss "The Elephant In The Room: Copyright and Digitization Projects." Plus you can attend a full-da

Re: [Videolib] Community Practices in the Fair Use of Video in Libraries

2012-05-16 Thread Jessica Rosner
Nahum, If you choose to sell home use copies it is pretty much impossible to prevent it from being used in a class. The only way around this is have everyone who purchases a copy agree in writing that the film IS for their own personal use and can not be used in a class, resold etc. This becomes a

Re: [Videolib] Difficulties in obtaining streaming rights

2012-05-16 Thread Helen P. Mack
I swear, this whole streaming thing is enough to make me want to retire early! If we are interested in streaming an entire film, what are we supposed to do when the source (filmmaker, production co., whatever) has only an online presence and is so small that their website indicates no phone #

Re: [Videolib] Community Practices in the Fair Use of Video in Libraries

2012-05-16 Thread nahum laufer
I didn't see this posted on Videolib My problem is a practical one not theoretic legal query on fair use -Original Message- From: nahum laufer [mailto:lauf...@netvision.net.il] Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 10:24 PM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Cc: 'bgri...@ci.glendale.ca.us' Subject:

Re: [Videolib] Permissible amounts in fair use

2012-05-16 Thread Jessica Rosner
Hey look we can (mostly) agree. I don't think the term "theatrical" is the best one. Keep in mind the UCLA case was based mainly on 3 hour plus BBC Shakespeare production. It is again a question of how much of a work is used and works that are "creative" ( usually but not always fiction) have alway

Re: [Videolib] Permissible amounts in fair use

2012-05-16 Thread Shoaf,Judith P
I agree that this decision (or any decision on record) cannot be used in any way to justify freely streaming theatrical films, and any impact it has would be negative. It is certainly interesting to think about the UCLA situation in the context of Judge Evans's comments, and I imagine the UCLA l

Re: [Videolib] Permissible amounts in fair use

2012-05-16 Thread Dennis Doros
Roger, I would still say based on Judith's assessment and looking over a little of the decision and the opinions, that Jessica is correct in saying that if 100% of a copyrighted material is put up on a University streaming site where the rights are readily available, then there is no part of this

Re: [Videolib] Permissible amounts in fair use

2012-05-16 Thread Brown, Roger
Thank you Judith. It looks like you read the entire decision (at least, wait for it... the good parts) and understand the specifics and the exceptions of this particular decision. Each case is only more case law, not (so far) a definitive decision on fair use. Well-reasoned analyses with a min

Re: [Videolib] Permissible amounts in fair use / LexisNexis search for cite(17 uscs sec.107)

2012-05-16 Thread Cathy Michael
Hi, all. I meant to demo this search in the Media Resource Discussion Group virtual meeting in January but you can get the House Report 94-1476easily through LexisNexis Academic search if you subscribe. It is not binding law but it is a directive that tries to quantify. Here is my screencast: h

[Videolib] 16mm xenon projectors

2012-05-16 Thread Dave Dvorchak
Wondering if any libraries out there have any 16mm xenon (not the usual halogen) projectors that they no longer use. I'd like to upgrade ours. Thanks, Dave -- David Dvorchak Office Manager Providence Community Library ddvorc...@provcomlib.org (401) 467-2700 x2 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage t

[Videolib] Anatomy TV

2012-05-16 Thread Elizabeth Yates
Hi Cindy and all, We looked at Anatomy TV and a few other online 3-D anatomy resources a few months ago. A group of anatomy faculty members here did not like it for a few reasons: they said it contains errors, the images are schematic versus realistic, and that students get distracted by the fun