Ben, I think you are a bit hard on companies that "don't offer" streaming. Most of the small companies you site don't likely have enough of market to set up their own streaming system. In most cases they do offer streaming rights for libraries that want to do it on their own system ( FYI I don't think Kino Lorber offer direct streaming only rights but someone can correct me on that). Rights issues can be particularly vexing for small companies specializing in educational/ independent and especially foreign films. Old contracts need to be redone in many cases and rights generally have a fixed period for which the company can stream the film ( or do anything else). Contracts expire and thus rights expire unlike the vast majority of studio titles. For obvious reasons a small company that might have anywhere from 50 to 500 titles in its collection has to have a different model than studios or netflix with have tens or hundreds of thousands.
Small companies are committed to working with libraries both public and academic so their films can be seen & used at a reasonable price but tech and rights issues are a problem. Regards Jessica On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:43 PM, <bmal...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi Deg, > > As the author of that piece I wanted to thank you for agreeing with *most*of > the article (we have that in common), and for also > addressing educational aspects as part of the WHOLE media discussion - it > is certainly an integral part of the picture, was considered as such, and > will hopefully result in future coverage. Frankly, in this format, there > was way too much to talk about. My research took many more factors into > consideration and along those lines I easily could've added 5k more words > of coverage, this, plus the fact that the topic is/was *so much *"in > active development" due to constantly changing "this just in" information > it often felt as though i was reporting on where a clock's second hand has > been 5 minutes ago. So you go with what you can and attempt to put it and > its context into perspective as best you can - even though there is always > the fear that such live information might leap directly from your monitor > into a bin of irrelevancy. The intent of this piece was more for, as you > mentioned, entertainment purposes with a mind towards establishing base > level education of how things work so that we might encourage and nurture > elaboration on many different levels. This wasn't to slight. I'm pushing to > get more of, well, EVERYTHING going on the topic (discussion, dialogue, > camaraderie, support, interest, understanding, representation, conference > presentations [physical and virtual], etc.) and i hope attention given to > and stemming from works like this will help to do so. Let's keep it going. > Thanks - Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Deg Farrelly <deg.farre...@asu.edu> > To: videolib <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> > Sent: Tue, Dec 6, 2011 3:47 pm > Subject: [Videolib] Long article on streaming video on Library Journal > online > > Here: > http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/newsletters/newsletterbucketljxpress/892497-441/still_loading__av_spotlight.html.csp > > I don't disagree with much of the article, but the focus is almost entirely on > entertainment. I wrote a long, rambling comment, but so far I am the only > one…. > > Join the fray! > > -deg > > > -- > deg farrelly > Arizona State University > P.O. Box 871006 > Tempe, AZ 85287 > Phone: 480.965.1403 > Email: deg.farre...@asu.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. > > -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) jessicapros...@gmail.com
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.
