Re: [Videolib] Performance rights for Spirited Away and My Neighbor Tortoro

[Herfurth, Sharon]

GKids also has My Neighbor Totoro. I'll be eager to hear what you find out from 
GKids. The last time I inquired, they had the rights for only 35mm prints that 
could be booked for $500 to $750 per screening.
Thanks,
Sharon
Sharon Herfurth
Office of Programs & Partnerships
Austin Public Library

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From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Miller, Joan
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 12:59 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Performance rights for Spirited Away and My Neighbor 
Tortoro

GKids has Sprited Away.
http://www.gkidsfilms.com/


Joan Miller
Head Archivist
Wesleyan Cinema Archives
301 Washington Terrace
Middletown, CT  06459
860-685-3395 Phone
860-685-3905 Fax


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[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Metrick
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 1:52 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Performance rights for Spirited Away and My Neighbor Tortoro

Hello,

I am trying to track down the license rights holder for 2 Miyazaki
films: Spirited Away and My Neighbor Tortoro. Both are distributed by Walt 
Disney Pictures and Buena Vista.

The Disney website indicates that their films are licensed by MPLC and Swank. 
However, neither company hold the rights.

This seems like it would be easy and obvious, but I am just not getting 
anywhere! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Robert

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Robert Metrick
Director, Info Commons
Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy
28 North Clark Street, 5th Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
Office: 312.506.0645 | Fax: 312.506.0708 robert.metr...@tfa.edu

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[Videolib] performance rights for YouTube screening

[Herfurth, Sharon]

A librarian here at Austin Public Library is interested in screening the 
documentary Mustafa, directed by Can Dundar, 2008. It apparently isn't 
available on DVD but is available on YouTube. Can any of you provide any 
guidance about the permissibility of screening from YouTube?
Thanks,
Sharon
Sharon Herfurth
Office of Programs & Partnerships
Austin Public Library
Austin, TX
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Re: [Videolib] pornographic films in the Library collection?

[Herfurth, Sharon]

Um, whatever happened to “Freedom to View.”
http://www.ala.org/vrt/professionalresources/vrtresources/freedomtoview

Sharon Herfurth
Office of Programs & Partnerships
Austin Public Library
Austin, TX


From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Doug Poswencyk
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 10:45 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] pornographic films in the Library collection?

What was the film? What kind of university was it?  A Catholic one? What does 
extremely hardcore pornographic mean?  I can see people worried about a public 
library (and I think that isn't good librarianship anyway) but a college?  This 
is pure censorship and not good librarianship.  Sorry to sound so harsh but 
this puritanical approach really burns my ass.  it is our job to get materials 
to the people we serve.  And not just the majority or what the majority thinks 
we should provide.  I think you are dead wrong Darby.

On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Darby Orcutt 
mailto:dcorc...@ncsu.edu>> wrote:
Maureen,
  Like many things, this comes down to very local and context-driven 
decision-making, in which you need to balance a LOT of considerations. I faced 
a request more than a decade ago for an extremely hardcore pornographic film 
that, after careful consideration, I declined. The faculty member was pleased 
with the thoughtfulness and fairness of the process, and agreed with the 
ultimate rationale. As I recall, some of the important factors were:
-This was a single film for a single course, and therefore not related to a 
major part of our curriculum.
-Legally, we would need to prevent circulation to/viewing by minors. Since many 
of our freshmen enter at age 17 (or even younger), and we have no "user type" 
or such in our catalog system that distinguishes these students, we would not 
be easily (if at all) able to ensure our compliance with the law. (If you 
haven't checked your state's laws in this regard, you will want to do so. This 
may clear up the question of "what is porn?" as well as how you would need to 
deal with certain materials.)
-We are a state institution.  We would wish politically to tread carefully when 
adding materials of this type (and certainly not use state-appropriated, 
taxpayer-funded monies with which to do this).
 While we could perhaps devise a way of limiting use to those 18 years old 
& above, creating a special collection, workflow, and processes unlike those 
for any of our other content, the cost (and potential consequences of error) 
would be great. My final decision was therefore based on cost - not of the 
material, per se, but overall cost of providing the access. Just as I might 
deny a request for a DVD that costs, say, $3,000, I turned down this request.
 Again, the faculty agreed with this line of thinking. Had my university 
been starting a major new program in Porn Studies, well, the costs and risks 
might have seemed reasonable. Like I said, these are always local and 
contextualized decisions.
 I hope this helps.
Best,
Darby
Darby Orcutt
Assistant Head, Collection Management Department
Chair, Humanities & Social Sciences Subject Team
North Carolina State University Libraries
Box 7111
Raleigh, NC  27695-7111
919/ 513-0364
dcorc...@ncsu.edu


On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Doug Poswencyk 
mailto:doug8...@gmail.com>> wrote:
What is porn?  Russ Meyer is certainly not porn.  Some of his films such as 
"Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill." are considered works of art.  They have been 
screened at many art cinemas and are part of the permanent collection of the 
Museum of Modern Art.  The same could be said about the films of Radley Metzger 
who just had a retrospective of his work at Lincoln Center.  Then there are the 
early films of Fred Halsted.  Hardcore sex, yes.  But also art.  They too are 
part of the MOMA collection. Meyer's films feature large breasted women but 
these women are always strong and usually have it over the guys.  His films can 
also be violent but in the end good always triumphs.  i think to not include 
these films is nothing more than pure censorship.

On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Stanton, Kim 
mailto:kim.stan...@unt.edu>> wrote:

We have purchased a few items per faculty request for instruction/ scholarly 
research.



The only issue we have had (and just once)  was someone checking out an item 
without understanding what it was. We now prominently add a note to our public 
catalog record that prominently says "Adult content, graphic sex." or whatever 
is appropriate. Other than that, these items are treated like all other 
materials in the collection. We have closed stacks, but circulate for use 
outside of the library.



Good luck, ​



Kim Stanton

Head, Media Library

University of North Texas

kim.stan...@unt.edu


From: 
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Re: [Videolib] Distributor for India features

[Herfurth, Sharon]

India for Everyone

www.indiaforeveryone.org

 

Sharon Herfurth

Austin Public Library

 

 

 

From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Nancy E.
Friedland
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 1:00 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Distributor for India features

 

I have checked Indiaplaza and Shemaroo without success -- can you advise
on other distributors? 

 

Best,

Nancy 


 

 


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Nancy E. Friedland
Librarian for Butler Media, Film Studies & Performing Arts 
Columbia University
206 Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, New York 10027
Phone: 212.854.7402

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