Perhaps slightly off topic but how to you all handle situations like this when a faculty member buys a personal copy (perhaps for home use, perhaps also to show in class using their personal copy) and then later donates that copy to the library.
Matthew Matthew Wright Head of Collection Development and Instructional Services William S. Boyd School of Law University of Nevada Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway, Box 451080 Las Vegas, NV 89154-1080 (702) 895-2409; (702) 895-2410 (fax) From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Date: 05/24/2011 09:59 AM Subject: Re: [Videolib] another film outfit wanting to sell performance rights Sent by: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu Here's the deal, Laura Zipporah (and many others) are not charging high prices because you're showing stuff in the classroom--they're charging these prices primarily (exclusively) because they're selling to institutions and they feel those are the prices the market will bear, including, in Zipporah's case, sales to individuals. Gary > Here's another case of a filmmaker wanting a large sum for the right to > show films in a classroom - Zipporah Films. In this case I was merely > purchasing a personal copy but they saw my university email address. > Comments? > > Laura J. Ruede, MLS > Assistant Music/Media Librarian; Van Cliburn Archivist > Library Liaison to the School for Classical and Contemporary Dance > Mary Couts Burnett Library > Texas Christian University > > From: Zipporah Films [mailto:ord...@zipporah.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 8:35 AM > To: Ruede, Laura > Subject: Zipporah Films Order 6501- university purchase? > Importance: High > > > Dear Ms. Ruede, > > > > Thank you for your order of Frederick Wiseman's film BALLET. Since you > listed a school email address, I am writing to confirm whether you are > purchasing the film for home use. If not, the purchase price of this film > for colleges and universities is our list educational price of $400, which > includes public performance rights so it can be screened in classrooms. > > > > I look forward to hearing from you soon so we can process your order. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Kasey Skeen > > Office Manager > > Zipporah Films, Inc. > > > > 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.
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.
