Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-24 Thread Jessica Rosner
ib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: > videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Graham > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:27 AM > To: cams...@lists.carleton.edu > Cc: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Subject: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant > &g

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-24 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
iginal Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Graham Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 10:27 AM To: cams...@lists.carleton.edu Cc: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant Fel

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-21 Thread Linda Duchin
The price for a 16mm 5-year lease for classroom use only was between $1500 and $2000! Linda Linda Duchin VP Nontheatrical Sales New Yorker Films 220 East 23rd St., Ste. 409 New York, NY 10011 linda.duc...@newyorkerfilms.com www,newyorkerfilms.com Phone: 212-645-4600 On 9/20/12 8:08 PM

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
t; ** ** > > *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: > videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Nellie J Chenault > *Sent:* Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:01 PM > > *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVD

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread John Hoskyns-Abrahall
eolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant To add to this ongoing discussionŠ a question directed to those who have been in the industry for a long timeŠ What were the going charges for a film in 16mm back in the day before video? I recall wanting desperately to have

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Deg Farrelly
To add to this ongoing discussionŠ a question directed to those who have been in the industry for a long timeŠ What were the going charges for a film in 16mm back in the day before video? I recall wanting desperately to have in my collection many of the Time-Life/McGraw Hill/Pyramid and such titl

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Music Hunter
t: Thursday, September 20, 2012 5:31 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant This vendor distribution focus is African American films. On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Music Hunter wrote: I never heard of " race based pricing &q

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Nellie J Chenault
; *561-450-7152* * > > ** ** > > *From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto: > videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Nellie J Chenault > *Sent:* Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:01 PM > > *To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > *Subject:* Re

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Music Hunter
ember 20, 2012 4:01 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant I do not object to institutional pricing. There are similar models with journal subscriptions for institutions vs. individual. I do like to get some public performance rights

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Nellie J Chenault
I do not object to institutional pricing. There are similar models with journal subscriptions for institutions vs. individual. I do like to get some public performance rights when we pay the institutional price. PPR may be needed in some countries for classroom use, but it is not needed within t

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Susan Albrecht
Susan at Wabash College wrote: Richard, you asked if any of us ever try to work with publishers/producers/small distributors. My answer is YES, and I did so in yesterday's case . I'm not necessarily opposed to the concept of tiered pricing for these kinds of films, but I *do* object to having

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Music Hunter
day, September 20, 2012 2:29 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant Susan at Wabash College wrote: Richard, you asked if any of us ever try to work with publishers/producers/small distributors. My answer is YES, and I did so in yesterday'

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Shoaf,Judith P
Susan at Wabash College wrote: Richard, you asked if any of us ever try to work with publishers/producers/small distributors. My answer is YES, and I did so in yesterday's case . I'm not necessarily opposed to the concept of tiered pricing for these kinds of films, but I *do* object to having

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Susan Albrecht
Richard wrote: >>> A faculty member recently requested we acquire a film titled White Scripts >>> and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books. At the site to >>> purchase it, the dreaded tiered pricing plan appears >>> (http://newsreel.org/video/WHITE-SCRIPTS-BLACK-SUPERMEN), with pu

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant (Jessica Rosner)

2012-09-20 Thread nahum laufer
------ Message: 1 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:26:54 + From: Richard Graham Subject: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant To: "cams...@lists.carleton.edu" Cc: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" Mess

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread handman
Hi Not many things are currently rousing me from my post-retirement lethargy, but this issue does. You're talking about buying a title from a distributor that has exclusive distribution rights. What's going on here--tiered pricing with specific stipulations re use--is really matter of business c

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Anthony Anderson
In my past life long before I ever got in the acquisition of DVDS, I worked here at USC as a serials librarian. With the pricing of academic journals, there always been a two tiered system of pricing. There is one rate which an individual pays for a subscription, and what a university library h

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Dennis Doros
Dear folks, Just some information back. Even at $25 (and less), I sell about 50 to 150 copies of any of my DVDs to the colleges, high schools and public libraries of America. There are very few institutions left who buy indie DVDs and BluRays because they *should* be offering them to their student

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Norman Howden
Richard, I'll shoot a thought at that invitation. If the independent video authors and agents could get their works listed with jobbers, particularly Baker & Taylor, Blackwell, and others that serve higher ed, then they could lower prices some because they'd have a bigger audience. On the oth

Re: [Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Jessica Rosner
I have probably posted on this dozens of times. You do NOT need any extra rights to show a legally acquired film in classroom BUT if it is only sold from a single source ( Filmmaker or their rep) as opposed to retail ( Amazon etc) than they can pretty much set any restrictions/pricing they want by

[Videolib] Institutional Pricing for DVDs rant

2012-09-20 Thread Richard Graham
Fellow camslib/videolib folks, A faculty member recently requested we acquire a film titled White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books. At the site to purchase it, the dreaded tiered pricing plan appears (http://newsreel.org/video/WHITE-SCRIPTS-BLACK-SUPERMEN), with