Jessica's right to point out that it could have been a review copy. In those cases, I now have on my copies "Property of Milestone / Not For Sale or Use Without Permission / To Be Returned to Milestone Unless Permission is Granted"
My opinion, based on the last court decision, is that a review/press copy is implied a gift to the reviewer unless specified otherwise. By stating the above, I'm hoping we are protected from people giving them to others for use or selling them on Ebay. Of course, we are just starting to put films up online for streaming (with password protection) so we don't have to send out DVDs to critics and buyers in the future. BUT, as others have stated, if the DVD was sold to someone, then everyone is correct that, at least here in the States, it can be given to anyone as long as the DVDs are not used for public performance, broadcast, streamed, duplicated, etc. Best regards, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 / Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 / Fax: 201-767-3035 / Email: milefi...@gmail.com Visit our main website! www.milestonefilms.com Visit our new websites! www.portraitofjason.com, www.shirleyclarkefilms.com , Support "Milestone Film" on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Milestone-Film/22348485426> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms>! See the website: Association of Moving Image Archivists<http://www.amianet.org/> and like them on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Association-of-Moving-Image-Archivists/86854559717> AMIA 2013 Conference, Richmond, Virginia, November 5-9!<http://www.amianet.org/> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Anthony Anderson <antho...@usc.edu> wrote: > Nahum! Assuming that the gift DVD is "legitimate" (and not a bootleg > copy) then--yes, > I very much believe that a library can accept it. The gift DVD can be > allowed to circulate > as part of the collection and can be shown in the context of a formal > classroom presentation. > However, if--say--a campus group wished to show the DVD at one of their > meetings > it would be very much incumbent upon that group to secure (and pay for) > public > performance rights. > > This scenario has yet to happen here at USC, but were our library to > receive a > "pricey" documentary as a gift, I would immediately contact the DVD's > distributor > and try to negoiate life-time public rights for the DVD. > > Other university and college libraries may have different policies, I > don't know. > > What I do know is that many libraries accept books all the time as gifts > and > add them to their collections---and most such books are fully copyrighted. > Other > than matter of public performance rights, I don't see that much difference > between > gift books and gift DVDS. > > > Cheers! > Anthony > > ******************************* > Anthony E. Anderson > Assistant Director, Doheny Memorial Library > University of Southern California > Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182(213) 740-1190 antho...@usc.edu > "Wind, regen, zon, of kou, > Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou." > ******************************** > > > > On 5/22/2013 12:06 PM, nahum laufer wrote: > > 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 Lauferhttp://onedayafterpeace.com/index.phphttp://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 " > <http://onedayafterpeace.com/index.phphttp://docsforeducation.com/CheersNahumLauferSalesDocsforEducationErezLauferFilmsHollandset10Afulla18371Israel============From:Monicasent:Thursday,May02,20133:32PMTo:nahumlauferSubject:RE:TheDarienDilemmaDVDonWorldcatThisDVDwasadonationtothelibrary.Ifitisofanycomfort,BowieStateUniversityisapartofthe>Educational > Market." > Monica ....... > ----------------------------------- > From: nahum laufer [mailto:lauf...@netvision.net.il > <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 Lauferhttp://onedayafterpeace.com/index.phphttp://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.
