Hi all, I'm new to this list and new to managing media rights in any way, though I'm quickly getting up to speed with copyright restrictions on media usage. I thought I'd tap into your collective wisdom for a possible solution to perplexing issue.
On my campus, we have a few faculty members who would like to use a number of films in their distance education classes. Many of these are motion pictures, and in order to transmit these films legally, we would need to get streaming rights from the distributors. I've worked with PBS and a few other documentary producers on quotes for streaming, but how have you handled requests to stream feature films? Do you buy rights? From whom? Do you refer faculty to Netflix to see if films are available there, and/or encourage students to have Netflix accounts as a necessary course component? Thanks for any advice you have. Best, Kathi Carlisle Fountain Head of Collection Development Washington State University Vancouver Library 14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave. Vancouver, WA 98686-9600 Phone: 360-546-9694 Fax: 360-546-9039 kfount...@vancouver.wsu.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.
