The answer to these questions should have been contained in the licenses she acquired when she bought the clips. It is ABC, CNN, etc. who dictate these terms. She should assume nothing without checking with the sources of the footage. Term, conditions of use are all contained in the purchase - she should have been careful when she bought these rights.
Susan Jean Reese wrote: > Good Morning, > > A faculty member contacted me with some questions about a documentary > she produced on the Middle East. I want to make sure I give her the > correct info so I thought I'd go to the experts for help! > > She purchased various clips from news sources such as ABC, CNN, etc. to > include in the documentary and now wants to be able to distribute the > film to other Middle East Centers at Institutions. She'd like some > guidance concerning the rights she has with the clips in her > documentary. Will she need to renew the footage often and have to pay a > lot of money to do this or can she distribute the film without having to > do so? What are the options? If she can distribute the film, what > rights are included? PPR? face to face teaching only? > > Thanks for your help with this. > > Jean > > > -- Susan Weber, Librarian Langara College, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 2Z6 Tel. 604-323-5533 email: swe...@langara.bc.ca 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.
