99% illegal rip-off stuff gary
> I'm trying to find a couple of Chinese films. I found "In the Heat of > the Sun" at ioffer.com.....ridiculously cheap. > > Anyone know of this site. They have the film, but say it is public > domain, with this statement....Legal? doesn't sound right.... > > Rhonda > > This Listing violates NO Laws. Read below for more Copyright Information . > The section of American copyright law known as "The Berne Act" clearly > states: films unreleased in the United States, including original version > of films altered and/or edited for release in the United States, are not > protected by American copyright; thus, they are considered public domain. > The entire purpose of our company is to provide (otherwise unavailable) > films to the serious video collector. > We do not offer videos owned by American releasing companies. If a film > should become available domestically, we immediately stop offering it to > our clients. > > Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media & Access Services > William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University > One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 > rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| > http://library.lmu.edu<http://library.lmu.edu/> > "You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where > people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of > employing wild animals as librarians." > --Monty Python > > > > > > 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.
