Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus

[Dennis Doros]

And just to go further on this, although there are far better experts than
I (Alla Verlotsky being the formost regarding who owns what), I believe
rights are split up with the decedents of the particular production
companies that were formed during the Soviet Union. Mosfilm owns the rights
to everything they produced, Lenfilm owns their films, and so on.Some have
been privatized or represented by a commercial company. Gosfilmofond also
exists and they have pre-Soviet films and other material.

Best regards,
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On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Brewer, Michael <
brew...@u.library.arizona.edu> wrote:

>  Here is a response from Janice Pilch, who is a specialist in this area. *
> ***
>
> ** **
>
> mb
>
> ** **
>
> The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (1994) is the legislation that
> implemented copyright restoration in the United States. Copyright
> restoration applies in the U.S. to eligible foreign works regardless of
> whether the country of origin of the works signed GATT. Copyright
> restoration is a one-way obligation for the United States, based on mutual
> membership of the U.S. and the country of origin in one of the following:
> the Berne Convention, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, The WIPO Performances and
> Phonograms Treaty, a presidential proclamation (bilateral copyright
> agreement between the two countries), or membership in the WTO. Because the
> U.S. joined Berne in 1989 and the Russian Federation joined in 1995, the
> U.S. was obliged to restore copyright in eligible works created or
> published on the territory of the Russian Federation from the date that
> copyright restoration under the URAA went into effect in the U.S. on
> January 1, 1996.
>
> ** **
>
> As to whether Aleksandrov's Circus (Tsirk), 1936, is protected by
> copyright today in the U.S., first you need to determine who were
> considered the copyright holders in the film originally and then you need
> to determine whether their copyrights had expired in the RF when copyright
> restoration went into effect for the RF in the U.S. You would have to see
> an original copyright of the film, or see an original contract, to know
> exactly who had/has copyrights in the original film- but almost certainly
> the original copyright holders included the director, the scriptwriter, and
> the composer/s. 
>
> ** **
>
> I see that the director of the film was Grigori Aleksandrov. He died in
> 1983. This means that the film was still in copyright in the Russian
> Federation on January 1, 1996 when the U.S. was obliged to restore
> copyright in Russian works whose copyrights had not expired in Russia. This
> is the answer- copyright was restored and the film is likely copyrighted in
> the U.S. for 95 years from date of "publication" which is likely the date
> of release. It's probably protected in the U.S. through 2031. 
>
> ** **
>
> Without all the facts it's not possible to be completely certain about
> this, but I think we have enough facts to say that this is the likely legal
> status of the film in the U.S.
>
> ** **
>
> Best regards,
>
> ** **
>
> Janice Pilch
>
> ** **
>
> --
>
> Janice T. Pilch
>
> Copyright and Licensing Librarian
>
> Rutgers University Libraries
>
> Tel. (848) 932-7505 or (848) 932-5944
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Michael Brewer
>
> Team Leader for Instructional Services
>
> University of Arizona Libraries
>
> brew...@u.library.arizona.edu
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
> videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jessica Rosner
> *Sent:* Monday, June 24, 2013 10:31 AM
> *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus
>
> ** **
>
> In theory all the Soviet productions belong to Mosfilm which should have a
> web site. There is however some confusion as to if they are in fact under
> copyright. I am not sure the Russians ever signed GATT and without that
> they would not be eligible for US copyright having never registered their
> films in the first place. I will if anyone knows the answer to that one.**
> **
>
> ** **
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Thomas, Judith (jet3h) <
> je...@eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:
>
> Our crack media librarian, Matt Ball, is s

Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus

[Thomas, Judith (jet3h)]

Fascinating!

Thanks so much, Michael, Brian and Jessica, for the information and insights.

Michael, please let Janice Pilch know how much I appreciate her reply.

--Judy




On Jun 24, 2013, at 3:22 PM, Jessica Rosner 
mailto:maddux2...@gmail.com>> wrote:

I won 't  comment on the law but Soviet films were always owned by the state, 
filmmakers never had any rights, this is largely true in the US as well in that 
few directors actually own or control rights to their films which are held 
usually by studios or independent producers. Some countries like France give 
filmmakers rights on their films but the US does not. so Mosfilm would be the 
source if the film is copyrighted.

I actually had some bizarre personal experiences on this issue. A sleezy guy 
who called is company Lenigrad Films filed copyright notices with the Library 
of Congress in the early 90s claiming to own everything from STRIKE to 
Tarkovsky films et al. The then Mosfilm rep in the US went after them with the 
help of the US government and at the time Kino where I worked had a contract 
for rights on many of them. They eventually convicted the guy (though I swear 
he offered to tell them where Bin Laden was if they let him go) and I had to do 
a write up on the financial damage he had caused because he sold dupes of these 
films in the US. The highlight came one day when the receptionist called out to 
me " Jessica , your parole officer wants to speak to you" . It was the parole 
officer for the thief who ended up fleeing the country.


On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Brewer, Michael 
mailto:brew...@u.library.arizona.edu>> wrote:
Here is a response from Janice Pilch, who is a specialist in this area.

mb

The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (1994) is the legislation that implemented 
copyright restoration in the United States. Copyright restoration applies in 
the U.S. to eligible foreign works regardless of whether the country of origin 
of the works signed GATT. Copyright restoration is a one-way obligation for the 
United States, based on mutual membership of the U.S. and the country of origin 
in one of the following: the Berne Convention, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, The 
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, a presidential proclamation (bilateral 
copyright agreement between the two countries), or membership in the WTO. 
Because the U.S. joined Berne in 1989 and the Russian Federation joined in 
1995, the U.S. was obliged to restore copyright in eligible works created or 
published on the territory of the Russian Federation from the date that 
copyright restoration under the URAA went into effect in the U.S. on January 1, 
1996.

As to whether Aleksandrov's Circus (Tsirk), 1936, is protected by copyright 
today in the U.S., first you need to determine who were considered the 
copyright holders in the film originally and then you need to determine whether 
their copyrights had expired in the RF when copyright restoration went into 
effect for the RF in the U.S. You would have to see an original copyright of 
the film, or see an original contract, to know exactly who had/has copyrights 
in the original film- but almost certainly the original copyright holders 
included the director, the scriptwriter, and the composer/s.

I see that the director of the film was Grigori Aleksandrov. He died in 1983. 
This means that the film was still in copyright in the Russian Federation on 
January 1, 1996 when the U.S. was obliged to restore copyright in Russian works 
whose copyrights had not expired in Russia. This is the answer- copyright was 
restored and the film is likely copyrighted in the U.S. for 95 years from date 
of "publication" which is likely the date of release. It's probably protected 
in the U.S. through 2031.

Without all the facts it's not possible to be completely certain about this, 
but I think we have enough facts to say that this is the likely legal status of 
the film in the U.S.

Best regards,

Janice Pilch

--
Janice T. Pilch
Copyright and Licensing Librarian
Rutgers University Libraries
Tel. (848) 932-7505 or (848) 
932-5944


Michael Brewer
Team Leader for Instructional Services
University of Arizona Libraries
brew...@u.library.arizona.edu

From: 
videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu]
 On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 10:31 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus

In theory all the Soviet productions belong to Mosfilm which should have a web 
site. There is however some confusion as to if they are in fact under 
copyright. I am not sure the Russians ever signed GATT and without that they 
would not be eligible for US copyright having never registered their films in 
the first place. I will if anyone knows the answer to that one.

[Videolib] forwarded post re VHS

[Stephan Chodorov]

I've been asked to forward this to the list. It was posted to Frameworks (an 
interesting site, by the way, concentrating on amateur as well as professional 
hands-on filmmaking, the avant garde and experimental films.)  The author -- my 
son -- tells me he has received strong positive response in Europe, where he is 
based.  As so many videolib readers are librarians, here's a possible 
inexpensive source of unusual material. See Re-Voir.com for titles.

Stephan Chodorov
Creative Arts Television

Message: 3
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 01:06:55 +0200
From: Pip Chodorov 
To: framewo...@jonasmekasfilms.com
Subject: [Frameworks] Save the Earth! Take our VHS tapes!
Message-ID: 
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed"

Dear FrameWorkers,

As Re:Voir is currently updating our catalogue and making space, we 
have decided to donate our extensive inventory of VHS tapes. Rather 
than discard these cassettes, we are looking for homes for them.

Please contact me individually for the list of cassettes we have 
available. While we are happy to donate them to individuals or 
schools at no charge, we do not have the means to assume shipping 
expenses. We will be glad to help you find the most economical way to 
ship!

Please feel free to spread the word far and wide. We hope to donate 
the majority of these by July 15 when we have decided to discard 
whatever is left.

Hoping this will interest some of you,
Pip Chodorov, Re:Voir
pip (at) re-voir.com
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preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and 
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working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus

[Jessica Rosner]

I won 't  comment on the law but Soviet films were always owned by the
state, filmmakers never had any rights, this is largely true in the US as
well in that few directors actually own or control rights to their films
which are held usually by studios or independent producers. Some countries
like France give filmmakers rights on their films but the US does not. so
Mosfilm would be the source if the film is copyrighted.

I actually had some bizarre personal experiences on this issue. A sleezy
guy who called is company Lenigrad Films filed copyright notices with the
Library of Congress in the early 90s claiming to own everything from STRIKE
to Tarkovsky films et al. The then Mosfilm rep in the US went after them
with the help of the US government and at the time Kino where I worked had
a contract for rights on many of them. They eventually convicted the guy
(though I swear he offered to tell them where Bin Laden was if they let him
go) and I had to do a write up on the financial damage he had caused
because he sold dupes of these films in the US. The highlight came one day
when the receptionist called out to me " Jessica , your parole officer
wants to speak to you" . It was the parole officer for the thief who ended
up fleeing the country.


On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Brewer, Michael <
brew...@u.library.arizona.edu> wrote:

>  Here is a response from Janice Pilch, who is a specialist in this area. *
> ***
>
> ** **
>
> mb
>
> ** **
>
> The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (1994) is the legislation that
> implemented copyright restoration in the United States. Copyright
> restoration applies in the U.S. to eligible foreign works regardless of
> whether the country of origin of the works signed GATT. Copyright
> restoration is a one-way obligation for the United States, based on mutual
> membership of the U.S. and the country of origin in one of the following:
> the Berne Convention, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, The WIPO Performances and
> Phonograms Treaty, a presidential proclamation (bilateral copyright
> agreement between the two countries), or membership in the WTO. Because the
> U.S. joined Berne in 1989 and the Russian Federation joined in 1995, the
> U.S. was obliged to restore copyright in eligible works created or
> published on the territory of the Russian Federation from the date that
> copyright restoration under the URAA went into effect in the U.S. on
> January 1, 1996.
>
> ** **
>
> As to whether Aleksandrov's Circus (Tsirk), 1936, is protected by
> copyright today in the U.S., first you need to determine who were
> considered the copyright holders in the film originally and then you need
> to determine whether their copyrights had expired in the RF when copyright
> restoration went into effect for the RF in the U.S. You would have to see
> an original copyright of the film, or see an original contract, to know
> exactly who had/has copyrights in the original film- but almost certainly
> the original copyright holders included the director, the scriptwriter, and
> the composer/s. 
>
> ** **
>
> I see that the director of the film was Grigori Aleksandrov. He died in
> 1983. This means that the film was still in copyright in the Russian
> Federation on January 1, 1996 when the U.S. was obliged to restore
> copyright in Russian works whose copyrights had not expired in Russia. This
> is the answer- copyright was restored and the film is likely copyrighted in
> the U.S. for 95 years from date of "publication" which is likely the date
> of release. It's probably protected in the U.S. through 2031. 
>
> ** **
>
> Without all the facts it's not possible to be completely certain about
> this, but I think we have enough facts to say that this is the likely legal
> status of the film in the U.S.
>
> ** **
>
> Best regards,
>
> ** **
>
> Janice Pilch
>
> ** **
>
> --
>
> Janice T. Pilch
>
> Copyright and Licensing Librarian
>
> Rutgers University Libraries
>
> Tel. (848) 932-7505 or (848) 932-5944
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> Michael Brewer
>
> Team Leader for Instructional Services
>
> University of Arizona Libraries
>
> brew...@u.library.arizona.edu
>
> ** **
>
> *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
> videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jessica Rosner
> *Sent:* Monday, June 24, 2013 10:31 AM
> *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus
>
> ** **
>
> In theory all the Soviet productions belong to Mosfilm which should have a
> web site. There is however some confusion as to if they are in fact under
> copyright. I am not sure the Russians ever signed GATT and without that
> they would not be eligible for US copyright having never registered their
> films in the first place. I will if anyone knows the answer to that one.**
> **
>
> ** **
>
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Thomas, Judith (jet3h) <
> je...@eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:
>
> Our c

Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus

[Brewer, Michael]

Here is a response from Janice Pilch, who is a specialist in this area.

mb

The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (1994) is the legislation that implemented 
copyright restoration in the United States. Copyright restoration applies in 
the U.S. to eligible foreign works regardless of whether the country of origin 
of the works signed GATT. Copyright restoration is a one-way obligation for the 
United States, based on mutual membership of the U.S. and the country of origin 
in one of the following: the Berne Convention, the WIPO Copyright Treaty, The 
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, a presidential proclamation (bilateral 
copyright agreement between the two countries), or membership in the WTO. 
Because the U.S. joined Berne in 1989 and the Russian Federation joined in 
1995, the U.S. was obliged to restore copyright in eligible works created or 
published on the territory of the Russian Federation from the date that 
copyright restoration under the URAA went into effect in the U.S. on January 1, 
1996.

As to whether Aleksandrov's Circus (Tsirk), 1936, is protected by copyright 
today in the U.S., first you need to determine who were considered the 
copyright holders in the film originally and then you need to determine whether 
their copyrights had expired in the RF when copyright restoration went into 
effect for the RF in the U.S. You would have to see an original copyright of 
the film, or see an original contract, to know exactly who had/has copyrights 
in the original film- but almost certainly the original copyright holders 
included the director, the scriptwriter, and the composer/s.

I see that the director of the film was Grigori Aleksandrov. He died in 1983. 
This means that the film was still in copyright in the Russian Federation on 
January 1, 1996 when the U.S. was obliged to restore copyright in Russian works 
whose copyrights had not expired in Russia. This is the answer- copyright was 
restored and the film is likely copyrighted in the U.S. for 95 years from date 
of "publication" which is likely the date of release. It's probably protected 
in the U.S. through 2031.

Without all the facts it's not possible to be completely certain about this, 
but I think we have enough facts to say that this is the likely legal status of 
the film in the U.S.

Best regards,

Janice Pilch

--
Janice T. Pilch
Copyright and Licensing Librarian
Rutgers University Libraries
Tel. (848) 932-7505 or (848) 932-5944


Michael Brewer
Team Leader for Instructional Services
University of Arizona Libraries
brew...@u.library.arizona.edu

From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 10:31 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus

In theory all the Soviet productions belong to Mosfilm which should have a web 
site. There is however some confusion as to if they are in fact under 
copyright. I am not sure the Russians ever signed GATT and without that they 
would not be eligible for US copyright having never registered their films in 
the first place. I will if anyone knows the answer to that one.

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Thomas, Judith (jet3h) 
mailto:je...@eservices.virginia.edu>> wrote:
Our crack media librarian, Matt Ball, is sailing the high seas this summer with 
Semester at Sea, and I'm trying to pick up some of his media librarian 
requests.  Here's one that has me stumped:

Does anyone know the rights status or rights holder of Aleksandrov's Circus 
(Tsirk), 1936?

I'd appreciate any information -

thanks,

judy






Judith Thomas
Director, Arts and Media Services
University of Virginia Library
434.924.8814   / 
jtho...@virginia.edu




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working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication 
between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

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relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, 
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Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus

[Brian Boling]

Mosfilm's web site with a streaming, English subtitled version of Tsirk is here:

http://www.cinema.mosfilm.ru/Film.aspx?id=e33183cd-13f3-4381-86a0-0e52889dc910

If you need performance rights, not streaming rights, you can contact Mosfilm 
at cin...@mosfilm.ru.

All best,

Brian Boling
Media Services Librarian
Temple University Libraries
brian.bol...@temple.edu


On Jun 24, 2013, at 1:31 PM, Jessica Rosner wrote:

> In theory all the Soviet productions belong to Mosfilm which should have a 
> web site. There is however some confusion as to if they are in fact under 
> copyright. I am not sure the Russians ever signed GATT and without that they 
> would not be eligible for US copyright having never registered their films in 
> the first place. I will if anyone knows the answer to that one.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Thomas, Judith (jet3h) 
>  wrote:
> Our crack media librarian, Matt Ball, is sailing the high seas this summer 
> with Semester at Sea, and I'm trying to pick up some of his media librarian 
> requests.  Here's one that has me stumped:
> 
> Does anyone know the rights status or rights holder of Aleksandrov's Circus 
> (Tsirk), 1936?
> 
> I'd appreciate any information -
> 
> thanks,
> 
> judy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Judith Thomas
> Director, Arts and Media Services
> University of Virginia Library
> 434.924.8814   / jtho...@virginia.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.

Brian Boling
Media Services and Digital Production Librarian
Temple University Libraries
brian.bol...@temple.edu
215-204-4911


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between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus

[Brewer, Michael]

I'm certain this is under copyright.  Much of this was retroactively protected 
at some point.  Not sure when that happened, but it is now protected.  I'll get 
the full story and post to the list.

mb

Michael Brewer
Team Leader for Instructional Services
University of Arizona Libraries
brew...@u.library.arizona.edu

From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2013 10:31 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus

In theory all the Soviet productions belong to Mosfilm which should have a web 
site. There is however some confusion as to if they are in fact under 
copyright. I am not sure the Russians ever signed GATT and without that they 
would not be eligible for US copyright having never registered their films in 
the first place. I will if anyone knows the answer to that one.

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Thomas, Judith (jet3h) 
mailto:je...@eservices.virginia.edu>> wrote:
Our crack media librarian, Matt Ball, is sailing the high seas this summer with 
Semester at Sea, and I'm trying to pick up some of his media librarian 
requests.  Here's one that has me stumped:

Does anyone know the rights status or rights holder of Aleksandrov's Circus 
(Tsirk), 1936?

I'd appreciate any information -

thanks,

judy






Judith Thomas
Director, Arts and Media Services
University of Virginia Library
434.924.8814   / 
jtho...@virginia.edu




VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues 
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between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and 
distributors.

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Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus

[Ball, James (jmb4aw)]

Admit it, you're having fun.  :-)

__
Matt Ball
Media and Collections Librarian
Clemons Library
University of Virginia
mattb...@virginia.edu
434-924-3812

On Jun 24, 2013, at 1:20 PM, "Thomas, Judith (jet3h)" 
 wrote:

> Our crack media librarian, Matt Ball, is sailing the high seas this summer 
> with Semester at Sea, and I'm trying to pick up some of his media librarian 
> requests.  Here's one that has me stumped:
> 
> Does anyone know the rights status or rights holder of Aleksandrov's Circus 
> (Tsirk), 1936?
> 
> I'd appreciate any information -
> 
> thanks,
> 
> judy
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Judith Thomas
> Director, Arts and Media Services
> University of Virginia Library
> 434.924.8814   / jtho...@virginia.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.

Re: [Videolib] rights to Circus

[Jessica Rosner]

In theory all the Soviet productions belong to Mosfilm which should have a
web site. There is however some confusion as to if they are in fact under
copyright. I am not sure the Russians ever signed GATT and without that
they would not be eligible for US copyright having never registered their
films in the first place. I will if anyone knows the answer to that one.


On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Thomas, Judith (jet3h) <
je...@eservices.virginia.edu> wrote:

> Our crack media librarian, Matt Ball, is sailing the high seas this summer
> with Semester at Sea, and I'm trying to pick up some of his media librarian
> requests.  Here's one that has me stumped:
>
> Does anyone know the rights status or rights holder of Aleksandrov's
> Circus (Tsirk), 1936?
>
> I'd appreciate any information -
>
> thanks,
>
> judy
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Judith Thomas
> Director, Arts and Media Services
> University of Virginia Library
> 434.924.8814   / jtho...@virginia.edu
>
>
>
>
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> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
> producers and distributors.
>
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[Videolib] rights to Circus

[Thomas, Judith (jet3h)]

Our crack media librarian, Matt Ball, is sailing the high seas this summer with 
Semester at Sea, and I'm trying to pick up some of his media librarian 
requests.  Here's one that has me stumped:

Does anyone know the rights status or rights holder of Aleksandrov's Circus 
(Tsirk), 1936?

I'd appreciate any information -

thanks,

judy






Judith Thomas
Director, Arts and Media Services
University of Virginia Library
434.924.8814   / jtho...@virginia.edu




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[Videolib] Need help with a film for Banned Book Week

[Jessica Rosner]

OK I know I am not supposed to be promoting on videolib but I am not
actually selling a DVD and I need help from people who may not read
videonews.

I have been working on booking a wonderful doc called IN BED WITH ULYSSES
about Joyce and the struggle to write, publish and distribute Ulysses. It
has been playing in theaters, museums etc but I sincerely believe it is the
perfect film for Banned Book Week as the film deals extensively with the
censorship of the book including details and great original footage
involving one of the most important legal cases in the US on book
censorship/ banning.

I kind kind of obsessed with Bloomsday dates and forgot about BBW which is
less than 12 weeks out.

I would appreciate any contacts anyone has with ALA office for BBW though
it may be too late as I expect they plan ahead. I could pass them a
screener this weekend. Also any other ideas /contacts appreciated. I am
working with the directors so there would have to be some fee involved but
got them to agree to a low one.

Here is link to recent LA Times article which I am posting mainly for a
link to trailer that is NOT youtube that makes you get an stupid ad in the
email.
http://www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-celebrate-bloomsday-june-16-get-in-bed-with-ulysses-20130614,0,7970666.story

Please reply OFF list as I don't want to clutter list but I seriously need
help/advice on this. Again film is NOT for sale (sorry)

Jessica


-- 
Jessica Rosner
Media Consultant
224-545-3897 (cell)
212-627-1785 (land line)
jessicapros...@gmail.com
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Re: [Videolib] Need help with a film for Banned Book Week

[meredith]

I am out of the office at a conference from 6/21 to 6/24.

For sales inquiries, please contact Ryan Marino r...@icarusfilms.com or call 
718-488-8900.

For Home Video inquiries, please contact Eleonore Martin 
emar...@icarusfilms.com.

Thank you!



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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.