Just a little provocation for my friends in videolib land: Came across this announcement http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/01/youtube-movie-rentals-today-sundance-tomorrow-the-world/ and I am curious to get some different perspectives (I can guess some already)? I know that Amazon/Netflix/iTunes offers [mostly feature film] streaming for individual use, but if YouTube expands to truly target indies/educational media folks is this somehow a game changer? Will any self-respecting producers actually sign up?
Best, Scott Scott Spicer Media Outreach and Learning Spaces Librarian Coordinated Educational Services University of Minnesota Libraries 233 Walter Library 612.626.0629 On Jan 21, 2010, at 12:41 PM, videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu wrote: > Send videolib mailing list submissions to > videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > videolib-ow...@lists.berkeley.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of videolib digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Streaming feature films (ghand...@library.berkeley.edu) > 2. Re: Streaming feature films (Jessica Rosner) > 3. Re: Streaming feature films (Sarah E. McCleskey) > 4. Re: Streaming feature films (Elizabeth Sheldon) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:31:54 -0800 > From: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming feature films > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Message-ID: > <57778c6e946af6974becd00cd52019f6.squir...@calmail.berkeley.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 > > ...and WHY would one want to do that, exactly? > > gary > > >> Has anyone ever tried to get streaming rights for a feature film? >> Even >> for a day (or a week or two) with an identified number of students? >> Is >> it outrageously prohibitive? Does Swank do that? >> >> >> >> My likely alternative is to put copies on reserve in our three >> locations >> and recommend local libraries, Netflix, and local rental locations. >> Thanks...jen >> >> >> >> Jennifer Foster >> >> Media Librarian >> >> The Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library >> >> 361.570.4195 >> >> fost...@uhv.edu >> >> http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.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. >> > > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:32:26 -0500 > From: Jessica Rosner <maddux2...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming feature films > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Message-ID: > <55e0d0091001211032o326fa7abr4aa1d9628759c...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Yes Swank does it. I assumed that is who you were referring to re > pricing. Both Criterions do it too. I think small companies, Kino, > Milestone, Zeitgeist would probably do it for a fairly reasonable fee. > I remain cynical of streaming for feature films because there are far > too many that can not be licensed and probably never will be, > including Chaplin films, the majority of foreign language films etc. I > think the studio product may well come down to a reasonable price but > unless the course in question is Warner Bros films of the 30s, you > won't be able to clear many of the titles. > > Jessica > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Foster, Jennifer <fost...@uhv.edu> > wrote: >> Has anyone ever tried to get streaming rights for a feature film?? >> Even for >> a day (or a week or two) with an identified number of students? Is it >> outrageously prohibitive?? Does Swank do that? >> >> >> >> My likely alternative is to put copies on reserve in our three >> locations and >> recommend local libraries, Netflix, and local rental locations. >> Thanks?jen >> >> >> >> Jennifer Foster >> >> Media Librarian >> >> The Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library >> >> 361.570.4195 >> >> fost...@uhv.edu >> >> http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.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. >> >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:36:24 -0800 > From: "Sarah E. McCleskey" <sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu> > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming feature films > To: "videolib@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> > Message-ID: > > <e0313b4b0e714545a494b22eafa357d7819859d...@va3diaxvs091.red001.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Swank does it. But it's not cheap. > > Sarah E. McCleskey > Head of Access Services > Acting Director, FIlm and Media Library > 112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University > Hempstead, NY 11549-1230 > 516-463-5076 > sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu > > From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu > [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu > ] On Behalf Of Foster, Jennifer > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:11 PM > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Subject: [Videolib] Streaming feature films > > Has anyone ever tried to get streaming rights for a feature film? > Even for a day (or a week or two) with an identified number of > students? Is it outrageously prohibitive? Does Swank do that? > > My likely alternative is to put copies on reserve in our three > locations and recommend local libraries, Netflix, and local rental > locations. Thanks...jen > > Jennifer Foster > Media Librarian > The Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library > 361.570.4195 > fost...@uhv.edu > http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. > HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:41:10 -0500 > From: Elizabeth Sheldon <elizab...@lorberhtdigital.com> > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming feature films > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Message-ID: <855f34cc-5f08-4cc6-ba42-5f086cac0...@lorberhtdigital.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Sarah, > > How much does Swank charge and how long is the term? > > Best, > > Elizabeth > > Elizabeth Sheldon > Vice President > Kino Lorber, Inc. > 333 West 39th St., Suite 503 > New York, NY 10018 > (212) 629-6880 tele > > www.alivemindeducation.com > > > > > > > > On Jan 21, 2010, at 1:36 PM, Sarah E. McCleskey wrote: > >> Swank does it. But it?s not cheap. >> >> Sarah E. McCleskey >> Head of Access Services >> Acting Director, FIlm and Media Library >> 112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University >> Hempstead, NY 11549-1230 >> 516-463-5076 >> sarah.e.mccles...@hofstra.edu >> >> From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu >> [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu >> ] On Behalf Of Foster, Jennifer >> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:11 PM >> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu >> Subject: [Videolib] Streaming feature films >> >> Has anyone ever tried to get streaming rights for a feature film? >> Even for a day (or a week or two) with an identified number of >> students? Is it outrageously prohibitive? Does Swank do that? >> >> My likely alternative is to put copies on reserve in our three >> locations and recommend local libraries, Netflix, and local rental >> locations. Thanks?jen >> >> Jennifer Foster >> Media Librarian >> The Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library >> 361.570.4195 >> fost...@uhv.edu >> http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.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. > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment scrubbed and removed. > HTML attachments are only available in MIME digests. > > End of videolib Digest, Vol 26, Issue 50 > **************************************** 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.
