Wow you sure come up with obscure ones. I am not clear what the scholar wants the images for but if it for something in the US it would almost surely be covered by "fair use" since he only wants images. One problem might be that if he needs them for a book or similar publishers often require clearance even if it is not legally needed but then again use outside the US is not so clear.
There is a good chance the film does not even have a valid US copyright however since it was not made in the US, a retroactive copyright could theoretically be filed. There appear to be some copies of questionable origin floating around the internet. Good Luck Jessica On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Threatt, Monique Louise < mthre...@indiana.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > > > I have a doozy of a request. > > > > I have a scholar from Russia who is trying to track down permission to > reuse images from the film “The Million Eyes of Sumuru,” (1967). > > > > He is also interested to find archival resources as well. > > > > I’ve checked the imdb.com database, but I was unable to find a link to > the original production company. > > > > Worldcat lists UCLA Film & Television Archives as owning a film print. > However, when I visited the UCLAF&TA website and searched their catalog, > this title did not appear. > > > > Any help is greatly appreciated about where a person might find the rights > to reuse images from this film, as well as which archive, if any, has film > memorabilia, etc. > > > > Best, > > Monique > > Head, Media Services > > Herman B Wells Library > > Indiana University Bloomington > > > > 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.
