Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 46, Issue 31
Gary, could you unsubscribe me from this list? Thank you. -- James M. Steffen, PhD Film and Media Studies Librarian Theater, Dance, ILA/IDS and LGBT Subject Liaison Marian K. Heilbrun Music and Media Library Emory University 540 Asbury Circle Atlanta, GA 30322-2870 Phone: (404) 727-8107 FAX: (404) 727-2257 Email: jste...@emory.edu -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:05:20 -0400 From: Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 46, Issue 27 To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: cacre6m-ee7hybjjsueovhiym3pbwoeny-jlhrx_b8vc5_sv...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Well there are few nuts out there, but those are mostly cranky French companies. rights holders do not want their stuff to die, the smaller ones ( non studios) and especially filmmakers, want very much for their material to be available. However it costs serious money to remaster and release material. I think the problem is students, faculty , IT and administration people, not librarians. This group does if fact think films should be free, and available at the press of button on their computer. Some of them may be OK letting a library buy one copy if it is roughly $25 and they can stream it, but feel anything more is a waste. With all due respect no library is preserving a film by making a digital copy from a VHS.They are actually getting an inferior copy that is down a generation of an already vastly inferior image. The only way to preserve a copy is using the best available elements and this is why I am so angry about this. Duping VHS to DVD and calling preservation and archiving is not only a joke, it does as I keep pointing out literally make it harder for the material to ever be properly mastered and distributed. Dubbing might cost a library a few bucks to pay a student worker to do it, real preservation or mastering is thousands and in some cases tens of thousands of dollars so you can see why rights holders might be just a wee pissed at institutions dubbing films they themselves can't afford to do, into crappy copies. I don't know if I was more upset at UCLA illegally streaming thousands of films or using a 30 year old VHS copy of THE TIN DRUM for example, a title which has been available on DVD for at least 15 years. It is nice to know everyone here is happy to buy a new copy, but until distributors know they can sell enough copies to cover the very high cost of making a decent DVD, they simply can not afford to put them out. This is why I have always wanted to focus to be on co-operation between distributors and libraries on finding ways to make it that work, making cheap DVDS of their films is not going to help. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Ball, James (jmb4aw) jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu wrote: ?Use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without.? We can do without if we have to.? There is always other content that students and faculty can use.? But again, I find it hard to believe that rights-holders would really rather their work just die than have someone take on the responsibility of preserving it, at their own expense, so that people could continue to see it? M- __ Matt Ball Media Services Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of catarch...@aol.com Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 5:14 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 46, Issue 27 We are a small distributor of many many short art films, and it would hardly be worthwhile for anyone to pirate our stuff. Where would they advertise it? And yet I have a dog in this fight. Because every so often we get an inquiry about a title and I respond with an order form, and the line goes dead. Why? Because we don't charge $10, we charge $50.? And I think they figure well let's see who has that, borrow it, and run off a copy. This whole discussion is really about having something that either you can't have or that costs more than you want to spend.? Parsing and splitting the copyright laws is just a proxy argument. If the XYZ Production Company ever does make a DVD of that title you want, you can buy it. And if not, not. May I quote what is sometimes referred to as the New England credo? Use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without. Stephan Chodorov Creative Arts Television www.catarchive.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
Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 46, Issue 31
Sure Jessica and I finally wore you out, eh, James? Sorry to lose you from the list. Gary Gary, could you unsubscribe me from this list? Thank you. -- James M. Steffen, PhD Film and Media Studies Librarian Theater, Dance, ILA/IDS and LGBT Subject Liaison Marian K. Heilbrun Music and Media Library Emory University 540 Asbury Circle Atlanta, GA 30322-2870 Phone: (404) 727-8107 FAX: (404) 727-2257 Email: jste...@emory.edu -- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:05:20 -0400 From: Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 46, Issue 27 To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: cacre6m-ee7hybjjsueovhiym3pbwoeny-jlhrx_b8vc5_sv...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Well there are few nuts out there, but those are mostly cranky French companies. rights holders do not want their stuff to die, the smaller ones ( non studios) and especially filmmakers, want very much for their material to be available. However it costs serious money to remaster and release material. I think the problem is students, faculty , IT and administration people, not librarians. This group does if fact think films should be free, and available at the press of button on their computer. Some of them may be OK letting a library buy one copy if it is roughly $25 and they can stream it, but feel anything more is a waste. With all due respect no library is preserving a film by making a digital copy from a VHS.They are actually getting an inferior copy that is down a generation of an already vastly inferior image. The only way to preserve a copy is using the best available elements and this is why I am so angry about this. Duping VHS to DVD and calling preservation and archiving is not only a joke, it does as I keep pointing out literally make it harder for the material to ever be properly mastered and distributed. Dubbing might cost a library a few bucks to pay a student worker to do it, real preservation or mastering is thousands and in some cases tens of thousands of dollars so you can see why rights holders might be just a wee pissed at institutions dubbing films they themselves can't afford to do, into crappy copies. I don't know if I was more upset at UCLA illegally streaming thousands of films or using a 30 year old VHS copy of THE TIN DRUM for example, a title which has been available on DVD for at least 15 years. It is nice to know everyone here is happy to buy a new copy, but until distributors know they can sell enough copies to cover the very high cost of making a decent DVD, they simply can not afford to put them out. This is why I have always wanted to focus to be on co-operation between distributors and libraries on finding ways to make it that work, making cheap DVDS of their films is not going to help. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Ball, James (jmb4aw) jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu wrote: ?Use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without.? We can do without if we have to.? There is always other content that students and faculty can use.? But again, I find it hard to believe that rights-holders would really rather their work just die than have someone take on the responsibility of preserving it, at their own expense, so that people could continue to see it? M- __ Matt Ball Media Services Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of catarch...@aol.com Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 5:14 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 46, Issue 27 We are a small distributor of many many short art films, and it would hardly be worthwhile for anyone to pirate our stuff. Where would they advertise it? And yet I have a dog in this fight. Because every so often we get an inquiry about a title and I respond with an order form, and the line goes dead. Why? Because we don't charge $10, we charge $50.? And I think they figure well let's see who has that, borrow it, and run off a copy. This whole discussion is really about having something that either you can't have or that costs more than you want to spend.? Parsing and splitting the copyright laws is just a proxy argument. If the XYZ Production Company ever does make a DVD of that title you want, you can buy it. And if not, not. May I quote what is sometimes referred to as the New England credo? Use it up, wear it out, make it do, do without. Stephan Chodorov Creative Arts Television www.catarchive.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
[Videolib] Extended Education Classes
Hi Videolib, The face-to-face exemption allows: performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction A question has come up as to how far that goes. Our extended education program has satellite programs in connection with other colleges in the area. Can videos that SFSU bought for SFSU classes be shown? Our extended education program has a 'credit partners' option for businesses and conferences, which will allow university credit for in- house training or conferences, if they meet our university department's standards for instruction. Can they use videos we have bought in face to face instruction? I swear, every time somebody tries to clear up copyright issues, somebody else creates a new grey area. Thanks for any information, ideas or opinions. Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.eduVIDEOLIB 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.
Re: [Videolib] Extended Education Classes
You are still a non-profit institution, the purpose is still instruction and it is face to face. I don't see where the issue is. The videos only need to be legal copies (they don't have to belong to the institution - they could be acquired through ILL, or be copies owned by the faculty). mb Michael Brewer Team Leader for Instructional Services University of Arizona Libraries brew...@u.library.arizona.edumailto:brew...@u.library.arizona.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Brigid Duffy Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 8:28 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Extended Education Classes Hi Videolib, The face-to-face exemption allows: performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction A question has come up as to how far that goes. Our extended education program has satellite programs in connection with other colleges in the area. Can videos that SFSU bought for SFSU classes be shown? Our extended education program has a 'credit partners' option for businesses and conferences, which will allow university credit for in-house training or conferences, if they meet our university department's standards for instruction. Can they use videos we have bought in face to face instruction? I swear, every time somebody tries to clear up copyright issues, somebody else creates a new grey area. Thanks for any information, ideas or opinions. Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edumailto:bdu...@sfsu.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.
Re: [Videolib] Extended Education Classes
Not a problem if they are using the physical copies and not literally sending them by satellite or some kind of streaming method. That would lead to complications especially for fiction films. Also as Michael pointed out, it does not matter where the video comes from as long as it is a legal copy. ALL videos come with face to face rights as it is part of copyright law. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Brigid Duffy bdu...@sfsu.edu wrote: Hi Videolib, The face-to-face exemption allows: performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction A question has come up as to how far that goes. Our extended education program has satellite programs in connection with other colleges in the area. Can videos that SFSU bought for SFSU classes be shown? Our extended education program has a 'credit partners' option for businesses and conferences, which will allow university credit for in-house training or conferences, if they meet our university department's standards for instruction. Can they use videos we have bought in face to face instruction? I swear, every time somebody tries to clear up copyright issues, somebody else creates a new grey area. Thanks for any information, ideas or opinions. Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.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. -- 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.
[Videolib] great courses
Hi everyone, I've got a faculty who wants to order one of those Great Courses. I've tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplementbut am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collectionsthey are often like 20 - ½ hour lectures.lots of space taken up Just curious, Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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.
Re: [Videolib] great courses
They are indeed talking heads, but I think they are pretty darn good ones-our patrons consistently rate them highly. Essentially they are taped university course lectures. Most likely not meant for academic libraries, given that they would be competing for your own professors' classes, but that's their problem! ; ) Bryan Griest Glendale Public Library From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rosen, Rhonda J. Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:42 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] great courses Hi everyone, I've got a faculty who wants to order one of those Great Courses. I've tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplementbut am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collectionsthey are often like 20 - ½ hour lectures.lots of space taken up Just curious, Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu http://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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.
Re: [Videolib] great courses
We have three: Higher Mathematics, Joy of Science, and Calculus Made Clear. The Calculus probably gets the most usage. Users have been quite positive about it. Best. Pat McGee Coordinator of Media Services Volpe Library and Media Center Tennessee Technological University Campus Box 5066 Cookeville, TN 38505 931-372-3544 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rosen, Rhonda J. Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:42 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] great courses Hi everyone, I've got a faculty who wants to order one of those Great Courses. I've tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplementbut am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collectionsthey are often like 20 - ½ hour lectures.lots of space taken up Just curious, Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu http://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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.
Re: [Videolib] great courses
I work for the Salt Lake City Public Library and these courses are extremely popular! But I always wait until they go on sale. They offer every course in their catalog at a sale price at least once each year. - Original Message - From: Rhonda J. Rosen rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:41:43 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: [Videolib] great courses Hi everyone, I’ve got a faculty who wants to order one of those “Great Courses.” I’ve tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplement….but am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collections….they are often like 20 – ½ hour lectures…..lots of space taken up…. Just curious, Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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. -- Tiffany Hudson Audio-Visual Selector Salt Lake City Public Library 210 East 400 South Salt Lake City, UT 84111 801-322-8161 801-524-8200 thud...@slcpl.org The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~Eleanor Roosevelt 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.
Re: [Videolib] great courses
here at WM, if someone really really wants them, we'd get it. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 1:56 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Ug! It's interesting having been around a high-class institutional joint like Berkeley for so many years. I cannot tell you the number of times I've suspected faculty of using videos as a way of worming out of teaching for one reason or another. At least in those instances the stuff they were showing usually had some intrinsic interest, rather than being a talking head doing the lecturing they should have been doing... Great Courses, indeed! Gary Hi everyone, I've got a faculty who wants to order one of those Great Courses. I've tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplementbut am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collectionsthey are often like 20 - ½ hour lectures.lots of space taken up Just curious, Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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. -- M. Troy Davis | (757) 279-8871 Director, Swem Media Center Earl Gregg Swem Library The College of William Mary mtd...@wm.edu - http://www.flickr.com/photos/swemmedia/ http://www.facebook.com/swemmedia http://www.youtube.com/swemmedia 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] Another day, another copyright lawsuit against Universities
This one is kind of biggie and filled with bits of irony. Link is below but in summery The Author's Guild and several international writers organizations are suing 5 (so far) American Universities over their plans to make Orphaned but still copyrighted works that were digitized by Google available. As most of you know the Google project is on hold and seen as unlikely to ever get approved and a key reason for this was the Federal Judge overseeing the case said the protections for Orphan works were vastly insufficient. The irony is that the Authors Guild was a party to that settlement but a number of individual authors and publishers objected. Again this one is a major case. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/authors-guild-sues-universities-over-book-digitization-project.ars 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] Fwd: System Administrator
what is this all about? Why are passwords needed? -- Forwarded message -- From: Helsel, Chris chris.helsel...@imgworld.com Date: Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:54 PM Subject: [Videolib] System Administrator To: System Administrator Your Mailbox Has Exceeded It Storage Limit As Set By Your Administrator, And You Will Not Be Able To Receive New Mails Until You Re-Validate It. To Re-Validate - Click Herehttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGZVOFdLWGprT1hqN21UaU9WVlU0Vmc6MQ%20: System Administrator. The preceding e-mail message (including any attachments) contains information that may be confidential, may be protected by the attorney-client or other applicable privileges, or may constitute non-public information. It is intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete all copies of it from your computer system. Any use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. 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. -- please note my new email address b...@landmarkmedia.com Beverly Weisenberg Vice President, Sales LANDMARK MEDIA, INC 100 N. Milwaukee Ave #603 Wheeling, IL 60090 ph 800-999-6645 fx 847-279-8055 www.landmarkmedia.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.
Re: [Videolib] Streaming rights
Most this would be title by title. Most major studio title (WB , Paramount etc.) are licensed by Swank ( except Fox which is Criterion Pictures USA), There are also a variety of companies that license foreign, classic indie films including Criterion Janus, Milestone, Zeitgeist, New Yorker etc. Do you have any specific titles you are looking for? Pricing frankly seems to be all over the map. You can certainly suggest Netflix as an option assuming they carry the title. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Kathi Fountain kfount...@vancouver.wsu.edu wrote: 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. -- 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.
[Videolib] Don't shoot the messenger - Commercial Felony Streaming Act, S. 978
I don't recall seeing this discussed here yet. Apologies if I am wrong. -- deg farrelly Arizona State University PO Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu ** You Could Be Up The Creek For Streaming Up on the Hill with Kenneth Salomon The Senate Judiciary Committee on June 16 adopted a bill that broadens the coverage of current federal laws against criminal infringement of copyrights and increases the penalties for certain instances of infringement. This legislation, the Commercial Felony Streaming Act, S. 978, introduced last May by Senators Klobuchar (D-MN), Cornyn (R-TX) and Coons (D-DE), would enable the government might to pursue cases that it otherwise would not be able to prosecute under current law. The problem is that the bill is so broad and intellectual property rights often difficult to determine, that individuals could inadvertently be swept within its scope. The concern is compounded by the fact that the bill imposes criminal, not civil, penalties for violation. And the big question is what impact S. 978 would have on colleges and universities if it became law. Current law imposes criminal penalties for willful copyright infringement where a defendant illegally reproduces or distributes a copyrighted work. What S. 978 seeks to address is the fact that the Internet enables illegal online streaming in addition to online downloading. Content industry representatives, like the Motion Picture Industry Association of America, claim that S. 978 is needed because “it is unclear whether Internet streaming constitutes distribution of copyrighted works, and therefore eligible to be prosecuted as a felony.” See “S. 978: The Commercial Felony Streaming Act, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Cornyn (R-TX), 112th U.S. Congress” at http://www.mpaa.org/Resources/ 2f0f3647-2403-40cd-9638-16ee42ec8373.pdf. Other supporters of the bill include the Directors Guild of America, the Recording Industry Association of America, the Screen Actors Guild, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Full article here: https://admin.imodules.com/s/1039/images/editor_documents/s978_streaming_salomon_2011autumn.pdf 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.
Re: [Videolib] Fwd: System Administrator
feggedabout it...a spam oversight... g what is this all about? Why are passwords needed? -- Forwarded message -- From: Helsel, Chris chris.helsel...@imgworld.com Date: Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:54 PM Subject: [Videolib] System Administrator To: System Administrator Your Mailbox Has Exceeded It Storage Limit As Set By Your Administrator, And You Will Not Be Able To Receive New Mails Until You Re-Validate It. To Re-Validate - Click Herehttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGZVOFdLWGprT1hqN21UaU9WVlU0Vmc6MQ%20: System Administrator. The preceding e-mail message (including any attachments) contains information that may be confidential, may be protected by the attorney-client or other applicable privileges, or may constitute non-public information. It is intended to be conveyed only to the designated recipient(s) named above. If you are not an intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete all copies of it from your computer system. Any use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this message by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. 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. -- please note my new email address b...@landmarkmedia.com Beverly Weisenberg Vice President, Sales LANDMARK MEDIA, INC 100 N. Milwaukee Ave #603 Wheeling, IL 60090 ph 800-999-6645 fx 847-279-8055 www.landmarkmedia.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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself. --Francois Truffaut 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.
Re: [Videolib] great courses
A few years ago, we received a donation of pretty much the entire library of great courses. They are quite popular and a limited number of faculty find them useful. For the most part, it's students and special borrowers who actually check them out. It's also important to note that many of these are audio-only CDs and, indeed, those are our most popular GC titles. They're always in demand during campus down times when faculty, staff and students are traveling. As far as I can tell, they're not used in the classroom. Andy Regis University Library From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Griest, Bryan Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:54 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] great courses They are indeed talking heads, but I think they are pretty darn good ones-our patrons consistently rate them highly. Essentially they are taped university course lectures. Most likely not meant for academic libraries, given that they would be competing for your own professors' classes, but that's their problem! ; ) Bryan Griest Glendale Public Library From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rosen, Rhonda J. Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:42 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] great courses Hi everyone, I've got a faculty who wants to order one of those Great Courses. I've tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplementbut am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collectionsthey are often like 20 - ½ hour lectures.lots of space taken up Just curious, Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu|mailto:rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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.
Re: [Videolib] great courses
Hi Rhonda, I select them for purchase as well. Some students like them to supplement their courses, or to refresh (e.g. someone who jhas been out in the work place for several years doing an MSc in civil engineering who needs to refresh on fluid dynamics). Others I select for general education for students interest. For example, we have no African Studies courses at HKUST, so the 18 hour African Experience course is useful for any students who want to learn more about the history and cultures of Africa. - Victoria Caplan HKUST Libarry Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Rhonda, I had to purchase many of them for a faculty member who insisted they were the most amazing things ever. So be it. Most of my colleagues did not agree, but some faculty do use certain Courses because they do like the content. I'd be happy to let you know which ones are used the most. Best, Lorraine Alden Library Ohio U 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.
