Sounds fishy (or very least, massively misinformed). I'd be wary... Midwest is simply a jobber...they don't offer rights beyond what comes bundled with the individual titles acquire on behalf of clients.
Gary Handman > Hi everyone - > I just started work at a public library which has not purchased a PPR > license to show movies to the public. They were told by Midwest Tape that > it was not necessary to purchase a separate license; that by buying movies > from Midwest, they were also purchasing the right to show the movies. > > Has anyone heard this before? Is it correct? It was my understanding it > was necessary to purchase a license from Swank (or others) unless PPR were > specifically included in the purchase of the film. > > Thanks > > Sheila Urwiler > > > 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.
