Yes Swank does it. I assumed that is who you were referring to re pricing. Both Criterions do it too. I think small companies, Kino, Milestone, Zeitgeist would probably do it for a fairly reasonable fee. I remain cynical of streaming for feature films because there are far too many that can not be licensed and probably never will be, including Chaplin films, the majority of foreign language films etc. I think the studio product may well come down to a reasonable price but unless the course in question is Warner Bros films of the 30s, you won't be able to clear many of the titles.
Jessica On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Foster, Jennifer <fost...@uhv.edu> wrote: > Has anyone ever tried to get streaming rights for a feature film?� Even for > a day (or a week or two) with an identified number of students? Is it > outrageously prohibitive?� Does Swank do that? > > > > My likely alternative is to put copies on reserve in our three locations and > recommend local libraries, Netflix, and local rental locations. Thanks…jen > > > > Jennifer Foster > > Media Librarian > > The Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library > > 361.570.4195 > > fost...@uhv.edu > > http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.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. > > 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.
