[Videolib] Web sites - Legit?

2013-03-22 Thread Karsten, Eileen
Does anyone know if the films available from SIMAP Project - Download dvdrip, divx, mp4, dvd movieshttp://www.simap-project.org are legal? They have available a movie for download that one of our faculty is interested in showing to a class. There appears to be no information on this site. I

[Videolib] gangs...

2013-03-22 Thread Berger, Gene
Greetings ~ Does anyone know of a DVD(s) that teachers/counselors can use to educate students on the consequences of joining a street gang? Any suggestions you may have relating to this topic in any way would be most helpful. Thank you in advance. Gene Berger Gene Berger, Print Media

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2013-03-22 Thread Juliet Dayday
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[Videolib] SIMAP project or Ubuweb legit?

2013-03-22 Thread Brown, Roger
Hi, Eileen, The word dvdrip is usually a good clue that the site is not legit. Also a little investigation will reveal that the films are not downloadable or streamable as they claim or might expect like on Netflix or Hulu- the links all seem to lead to torrent files. And lots of ads and spammy

Re: [Videolib] Web sites - Legit?

2013-03-22 Thread Dennis Doros
To be fair to Ubuweb, when I asked them to remove FILM BY SAMUEL BECKETT, they did so almost immediately. But I had to find it first. If they had gone to everybody and notified them and gotten permission or were ignored, even then the latter case, it might be on the border of okay. But since

Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 64, Issue 43

2013-03-22 Thread TWN Distribution
Dear Gene, Third World Newsreel distributes a short documentary about a former gang member who is now the Executive Director of a youth services organization. EXCUSE MY GANGSTA WAYS by Corinne Manabat We all go through transitions in life, whether it's a career change, or moving, but for Davina