Oddly Dorcas the fact that this could merely be a copy sold to another party never ocurred to me. I assumed it was a screener gone astray but indeed absent an explicit agreement not to sell or donate ( and I don't know anyone who does do this currently) you are free to donate or sell any legal copy. Right of First Sale is pretty much absolute.
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Haller, Dorcas W. <dhal...@ccri.edu> wrote: > Did you sell it? (Do you *only* sell to libraries?) > Once you've sold it, the owner (buyer) can do what s/he wants with it -- > keep it, give it away, or discard it. If I buy a book, it is *my* property. > I can keep it, I can donate it to a library, I can give it to a friend, I > can throw it away. > Even if you only sell your films to libraries, a library may decide at a > later date to withdraw the film from its collection. It is conceivable > that the library may ask if another library is interested in having it > before getting rid of it completely. > I don't see how you can expect to control your product once you have sold > it. The only way you can do that is not to sell it. > > Dorcas Haller > Librarian/Professor/Department Chair > Community College of Rhode Island Library > One Hilton Street, Providence, RI 02905 > dhal...@ccri.edu > Phone: 401-455-6085 > Fax: 401-455-6087 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: > videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of nahum laufer > Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 3:07 PM > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Subject: [Videolib] World Cat > > Dear Collective Librarian knowledge of what is permitted or not, The > following is an exchange of mails, I have rubbed out the name of the > University library, My query is: can a library accept a DVD without > knowing if they have permission to use it? > > Nahum Laufer > http://onedayafterpeace.com/index.php > http://docsforeducation.com/ > Sales > Docs for Education > Erez Laufer Films > Holland st 10 > Afulla 18371 > Israel > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Dear Monica, > Thanks for your mail, no one has the right to give our films as a donation > to a library. It must be misunderstanding It must be a copy that I sent to > someone to preview only. > The Darien Dilemma contains Archive Stills and Footage for which we paid > so as we respect other peoples copyrights we expect that our copyrights > will be respected. > Let us know If you want to purchase it for your library, please give our > catalogue a peek, I recommend our new film "One Day after Peace" > http://onedayafterpeace.com/index.php > http://docsforeducation.com/ > > Cheers > Nahum Laufer > Sales > Docs for Education > Erez Laufer Films > Holland set 10 > Afulla 18371 > Israel > ============ > From: Monica sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 3:32 PM > To: nahum laufer > Subject: RE: The Darien Dilemma DVD on Worldcat > > This DVD was a donation to the library. If it is of any comfort, Bowie > State University is a part of the "Educational Market." > Monica ....... > ----------------------------------- > From: nahum laufer [mailto:lauf...@netvision.net.il] > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2013 1:29 AM > To: Monica ........ > Subject: The Darien Dilemma DVD on Worldcat > > > Dear Monica ........ > Acquisitions > ........ University Library > In Worldcat search I found out that your library has a copy DVD of "The > Darien Dilemma". Media | D810.J4 D25 2008 > There must be some kind of misunderstanding > We are self distributing the film, to the "educational market". > I have no record of sending it to your library or of an invoice. > I'm curious to know how this DVD reached your Library. > > Cheers > Nahum Laufer > http://onedayafterpeace.com/index.php > http://docsforeducation.com/ > Sales > Docs for Education > Erez Laufer Films > Holland st 10 > Afulla 18371 > Israel > > > 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. >
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.
