Hi Jennifer, The film is absolutely not legitimately distributed through the sites that you mentioned.
I know that it appears on youtube from time to time but we do try to take it down as fast as possible, I also know we have a clip on megavideo but I was unaware and unable to access a full version of the film on that site, but maybe you have to be a member. It's very hard for me to track and take down all illegal streams for Zeitgeist but I do try my best. I know Examined Life is one title that gets thrown up a lot. But thank you for pointing this out to me and I will try my best to get this down any conceivable way I can. You also might want to inform the instructor that it is fairly unethical and (ironically) against the content of the film she is having her students watch, to suggest that they go to a legally questionable uploading site for their coursework. Feel free to contact me off the listserv with any questions. All the Best, Benjamin Crossley-Marra Director of Non-Theatrical Distribution Zeitgeist Films Ltd. 247 Centre St, 2nd fl New York, NY 10013 P: (212) 274-1989 C: (607) 765-7511 F: (212) 274-1644 http://www.zeitgeistfilms.com On 3/24/11 2:07 PM, "Foster, Jennifer" <fost...@uhv.edu> wrote: > To whoever might be able to answer this.... > > I have an instructor who has assigned her students to watch Examined > Life, a film from Zeitgeist Films. I found out because a student came > in to the library looking for it in the catalog. We don't own it. In > communicating with the instructor, it turns out that she is sending them > to megavideo.com to watch it. She tells me that it is readily available > on multiple public sites, but I can't find out whether or not the public > distribution of this film is legit. > > So here are my questions: > 1) Is it legitimately publicly distributed? > 2) If so, how would we know that? I see the film for sale on the > Zeitgeist Films site, so I wonder why it would be for sale if anyone can > see it on the open Internet. > > Thanks for any assistance...jen > > > Jennifer Foster > Media Librarian > Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library > 361.570.4195 > 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.
