Re: [Videolib] library goes GAGA

I wish I hadn't... The woods are burning and these goofballs are producing GaGa parodies?...I dunno. Hope this wasn't done on company time. Gary H. (who's feeling even more curmudgeonly than usual this morning) In case you haven't seen this yet

Re: [Videolib] Movie License question

Sounds fishy (or very least, massively misinformed). I'd be wary... Midwest is simply a jobber...they don't offer rights beyond what comes bundled with the individual titles acquire on behalf of clients. Gary Handman Hi everyone - I just started work at a public library which has not

Re: [Videolib] PAL DVD

A code-free (region-free) DVD player does the conversion to NTSC...the projector doesn't do anything except project the converted signal... Gary PAL usually plays on a computer DVD drive, so if it is Region 0 it will be OK for some uses (no need to change region or make any adjustments). It

Re: [Videolib] DMCA Section 1201 extension update?

Hi all I have been in contact with Rob Kasunic, one of the lead lawyers at the copyright office, regarding the status of our pitches (both East and West Coast) to relax DMCA strictures on taking DVD clips. Nothing yet. I'm not certain, Jessica, that recommendations made to the Librarian of

Re: [Videolib] 1201 questions

At least my pitch (and Carleton's) was to get the limits to film studies and media studies lifted and/or broadened. The original exemption was put into play as a result of the same process that we went thru: DMCA calls for yearly reviews and input. gary Did the last round of hearings focus

Re: [Videolib] Streaming media vendors

Check out: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/vrt/vrtconferenceinfo/streamingvendor.cfm Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for streaming video vendors. I'm looking for mostly education packages. thanks! Junior Tidal Web Services and Multimedia Librarian New York City

Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve?

I dunno, Jo Ann. When an institution or individual buy a textbook, there is NEVER (in my experience) any contractual transaction. You simply order da book. I have never seen any stricture on the specific uses of texts, other than the usual copyright requirements. Then again...I ain't a book

Re: [Videolib] Textbooks on reserve?

THERE IS NUTHIN' in Title 117 that distinguishes between types of text. Copyright strictures and requirements apply to all equally. That said, there are no proscriptions/prescriptions in the law about textbooks. If there was anything hanging things up, it'd be contractual/commercial agreements

Re: [Videolib] question about pricing

I wouldn't pay $500 for footage of the Second Coming... Gary Do you think $500 for a documentary is kind of out of line? That is for direct from producer. Producer says they are in process of partnering with an educational distributor and that the price may go up. Sarah E. McCleskey

Re: [Videolib] question about pricing

Stir Fry had the gall to come around and ask if I wanted to buy the damn DVD of Color of Fear for another 400 bucks...um...let's see, that'd mean I spent a grand on the film. I don't think so... I contend that there ain't a film on earth worth that much money to an academic collection. Gary

Re: [Videolib] Streaming feature films

...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

Re: [Videolib] YouTube to offer [and target] Indie/educational filmrental..Thoughts?

yeah...cool...YouTube...2x3 pixelated images...gonna do wonders for promoting quality filmmaking. We seem to be rapidly becoming a culture of Good Enough... gary I'm betting they will, especially if it's easy to do and they get the bulk of the revenue stream. I'm still waiting for Amazon,

Re: [Videolib] YouTube to offer [and target] Indie/educational filmrental..Thoughts?

I agree, Jo Ann. YouTube is probably good enough for locally filmed lectures. Beyond that...caveat spectator (let the viewer beware!) gary Gary, Not every university which utilizes streaming needs your level of quality. A lot of us are just banging out content for English, biology,

Re: [Videolib] Documentary on Southhall London or possibly Punjabi/Indian/Pakistani media representation?

Nothing specifically comes to mind...but a couple of broader possibilities From Docklands to Dhaka. (Life; 3) Physician Sam Everington serves the poor in London where 40% of his patients are from Bangladesh. Believing that community health involves not only treating illness, but working with

[Videolib] [Fwd: [Videonews] More on Institutional Streaming]

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/26/copyright Hi all You know what bothers me about this news item?...it's not so much the actual substance and nature of this affair (I was pretty sure UCLA was eventually gonna get whacked)...it's more the incredibly adversarial and rancorous nature

[Videolib] Forwarding this on to the list from Larry Daressa (California Newsreel)

I'm sending this on to videolib for Larry D. (whose email seems to be on the fritz) I solidly support meetings between AIME and librarians to bang out best practices and to discuss issues. Unfortunately, I don't think video librarians are where the problems and controversies lie in this case.

[Videolib] Lawrence Lessig article

Hi all I assume that many of you may have seen this already. Lessig is brilliant! http://www.tnr.com/print/article/the-love-culture Gary Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC I

Re: [Videolib] [Fwd: FW: quick response....]

He distributes the DVD to students...I think the head of the FU Lib Army is gonna end up like Che...shot full of holes and bleeding profusely. While I think that making a compilation DVD for face-to-face teaching might hold up under FU, distributing copies of the archive would definitely not, I

Re: [Videolib] Gary? How many?

60 g So gary, tell us the truth! JM Jonathan Miller President Icarus Films 32 Court Street, 21st Floor Brooklyn, NY 11201 USA tel 1.718.488.8900 fax 1.718.488.8642 www.IcarusFilms.com jmil...@icarusfilms.com VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion

Re: [Videolib] Gary? How many?

...beats the alternative. g. Sweet. -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 12:31 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re:

Re: [Videolib] Streaming video for reserves

Hi Jane Do you mean doing this without a license. Hope you've been following the recent UCLA controversy. We stream lots of media for course reserves here, but all of the stuff we deliver has been licensed. I would sincerely recommend holding off streaming unlicensed materials under copyright

Re: [Videolib] Streaming video for reserves

Letting the higher ups make the decisions alone is never a good idea, Chuck. Media folk need to take the lead and manifest strong leadership in these issues because, frankly, administrators and faculty generally know squat about the issues, community common practice, legislation, and almost

Re: [Videolib] Copyright Act Reform proposed

Less than little faith...read my lips: MPAA, AAP...billions of lobbyist bucks and hundred megawatt lawyers. Not a snowball's chance in hell. Gary Oh ye of little faith! I know Gigi and the gang at Public Knowledge, and I would not underestimate their strategic positioning or energetic

Re: [Videolib] Copyright Act Reform proposed

Hi Guetty Hm...well, you're officially subscribed to the list...are you sure your posts aren't going thru? You sending to video...@lists.berkeley.edu??? gary Hello Gary, I receive news from the listserve but for some reason I can't be part of the conversation. Everytime I try to

Re: [Videolib] Copyright Act Reform proposed

The Librarian of Congress hasn't even agreed to changing DMCA circumvention prohibitions...unlikely LC is gonna go to the mat for such radical copyright changes...too much big money in the other camp. gary I'm not so sure it's such a lost cause. The Library of Congress has already weighed

[Videolib] blob

Assuming we're talking about the 1958 Blob (and not the gooey remake), looks like Paramount had the theatrical distribution in the US... gary handman Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] dvd-r

We've found it's generally older machine that choke on DVD-Rs. Also, depending on who you got the DVD from, the original mastering/reproduction could be sucky. gary handman We often have problems viewing dvd-r titles. Does anyone else have this problem, and if so, what is the solution? We

Re: [Videolib] Statement on video streaming

Most commercial DVDs (that is, DVDs that are not DVD-R) have some form of encryption, I believe. I think the issue in the UCLA case has more to do with performance than encoding, but I'm sure encoding enters into the ball of wax. gary in the dumb questions category: I take it some DVDs are

Re: [Videolib] Trance, Shamanism, Spirit Procession Video

Ready: Between Two Worlds: The Hmong Shaman in America. Describes the art of Shamanism and the role of the Shaman in Hmong society. Examines conflict between the ancient religion and traditions of the Hmong and Christian practice and belief. Interviews Hmong living in Chicago. 28 min. The

Re: [Videolib] Video streaming for Pedro Almodovar films?

This simply isn't going to be legally do-able, Jeanne. Again: the UCLA case may decide differently, but I really doubt it. The one exception might be High Heels, which Swank seems to distribute. I'm SURE Jessica (and Dennis) will weigh in also... Gary Handman Greetings, All! I have a

Re: [Videolib] new award-winning documentary announcement

Hi John and thanks If you're going to put this info out on videonews, I recommend including the price somewhere...couldn't find it anywhere on your web site. best, gary handman Hi everyone, My documentary film on Agent Orange, released in 12/2008, is now on DVDs ready to be purchased.

Re: [Videolib] KENT STATE : the day the war came home

Last weekend I saw a brand of watches with the logo NIXON. When I expressed my displeasure and amazement that any company who be so idiotic, the 20ish sales clerk looked at me like I came from another planet. I guess I DO come from another planet: Planet Old Guy. gary PS: I can still

Re: [Videolib] AIME primer

Thanks, Betty I think it is very important to point out that Mr. Lutzker's primer was developed for AIME, an industry group representing the interests of intellectual property owners and their agents. Lawyers representing the interests of end-users in educational and artistic communities may

Re: [Videolib] AIME primer

Thanks, Betty I think it is very important to point out that Mr. Lutzker's primer was developed for AIME, an industry group representing the interests of intellectual property owners and their agents. Lawyers representing the interests of end-users in educational and artistic communities may

Re: [Videolib] AIME primer

How many ARL libraries are AIME members, Betty? Gary Gary and all, AIME is an association with membership representing educational institutions as well as producers and distributors of media content. In fact, the institutional membership is far greater than that of the corporate world.

[Videolib] Recommended DVDs on envrionmental sustainability?

Berkeley's environment list has gotten massive: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/EnvironmentVid.html also: Food Consumption, Food Politics: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/fooddocs.html Some faves: The Greening of Southie (Bullfrog) Milking the Rhino (home video) Darwin's Nightmare (home video)

Re: [Videolib] copyright issue

After 1976, any original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression (http://www.nolo.com/dictionary/fixed-in-a-tangible-medium-of-expression-term.html) is covered under copyright. Trademarks are a different matter and have nothing to do with this issue. Gary Handman Hello

Re: [Videolib] campus support for VHS

Where to start? So much stupidity, so little time to vent... First of all, as you have wisely pointed out, they'd very likely be breaking copyright. A unit such as the one you're talking about really doesn't meet the requirements of Section 108 (regarding duplication of physically-at-risk

Re: [Videolib] Help finding a films on various aspects of literature

Hi Check out www.films.com (Films Media Group). I notice there's a DVD on Blake and Songs of Innocence. If your instructor is brave, there's also a wild and wooly video of Allen Ginsberg singing (well, sort of) Songs of Innocence. (http://www.thinairvideo.com/210_Ginsberg-Blake.html) Films.com

[Videolib] KIDS FIRST! (forwarding to list)

Register to win from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment - More Easter Fun Valued at Over $250. http://www.kidsfirst.org/ Alvin and the Chipmunks BD, The Black Stallion DVD, Horton Hears a Who BD, Ice Age BD, Ice Age: The Meltdown BD, Night at The Museum BD, The

[Videolib] Kids First II (forwarding)

Original Message Subject: Jury post - hope it's not too long From: kidsfirstjury j...@kidsfirst.org Date: Mon, April 5, 2010 10:39 am To: ghand...@library.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] AIME primer

zip reply...my guess is the answer be none gary On 3/25/10 4:48 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ghand...@library.berkeley.edu sent this: How many ARL libraries are AIME members, Betty? Gary Maybe I missed any response to this? Just curious Best, Rick Faaberg VIDEOLIB is

Re: [Videolib] AIME primer

My question was whether any ARL libraries were members. Gary Gary, Thank you for asking about AIME membership. AIME membership is open to any institution or agency interested in copyright compliance and the education of those who use copyrighted materials, regardless of format. Annual

Re: [Videolib] Conference Panel Opportunity

Damn! I am obviously beyond clueless. An enormous tragedy--Judy was a champ and model for us all. gary Hi Gary, Judy Krug passed away last year. Truly an intellectual freedom legend. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/15/us/15krug.html Best, Randy Randy Pitman Publisher/Editor Video

Re: [Videolib] Sell Through Vendors on Amazon

Sell-through means a video sold thru a third-party venue. Avatar sold thru WalMart, for eg (and BE-lieve me, it will be...in bushels and bushels) gary h Never heard the term sell through til today. Luckily I've got a guy named Joe who lives back where the mushrooms grow --on the garden

[Videolib] Forwarding note re forthcoming webcast

From: Meg Keller [mailto:mkel...@astreetpress.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 1:58 PM To: 'videon...@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: May 4 Webcast: Video in the Library The following free webcast should be of interest to everyone on this list-featuring Alexander Street's Stephen

Re: [Videolib] VHS to DVD

United States Code/Title 17/Chapter 1/Section 108 Note the stipulations under this section re the nature of the material and the nature of use/place of use Gary Handman I know from past postings that the library can make a protection copy of a film that they can no longer find a replacement,

Re: [Videolib] Napoleon

This one drives me NUTS! The answer is no...we should all kvetch to Francis F. Coppola, who underwrote the remastering of the vhs. gary h. Is Abel Gance's Napoleon available on dvd? Per WorldCat, it seems like some people have found it, but I'm not seeing it at any of the usual

Re: [Videolib] Streaming Video

Take a look at the white paper on digital video licensing posted at http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/vod08b.pdf Gary Handman Hello - Recently my acquisitions duties have expanded to include handling requests for digital media/streaming video. Does anyone have any recommendations for good

Re: [Videolib] FW: video dominoes

...your tax dollars at work. Does this qualify as transformative fair use? gary Many of you have brought up the fact that your video collections were going. I thought you'd get a kick out of this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Qup0kA6kw Jane B. Hutchison Associate

Re: [Videolib] Licensing versus sales, institutional versus home pricing

Hi Larry and thanks, as always Berkeley is, of course, definitely not UCLA. We are fastidious about respecting the licensing and sales terms and conditions of our distributors. While we do have a certain amount of open-source content (locally produced works, PD materials, orphan works) that

[Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed.

Hi all As a way of decompressing after the end of the semester, I'm putting together a goofy videography of UCB video holdings entitled: Vamps, Tramps, Hookers, Femmes Fatales and Kick-ass Gurrrls: Transgressive Women in the Movies http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/transgressivewomen.html This

Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed.

Thanks! gary I don't think I saw Eight Women on that list. Lizzie Borden's Working Girls? Dusty Haller Dorcas Haller Librarian/ Professor/ Department Chair Community College of Rhode Island Library 1 Hilton Street, Providence, RI 02905 401-455-6085 * dhal...@ccri.edu ---LOOK IT

Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed.

Thanks, as always, Oksana for you magnificent command of cine-arcana. I forgot about Night Editor...b cold dame! The Marie Dressler is actually out in the Warner Archives collection--we'll definitely bag it. The others reside in the big archives in the sky, only, I'm afraid. We've got the

Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed.

I just added Flamingo Road (Michael Curtiz, 1949)...but could probably use more. Gary Nothing with Joan Crawford, the ultimate in revenge narratives? J Christine Crowley Dean of Learning Resources Northwest Vista College 3535 N. Ellison Dr. San Antonio, TX 78251 210.486.4572

Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed.

thanks! I'll add it now. g How about Satin Rouge (2002) Sandra F. Jackson Film Program Coordinator Lumina Theater�� Sharky's Box Office UNCW Presents The University of North Carolina Wilmington 910.962.7971 jackso...@uncw.edu http://www.uncw.edu/lumina NOTICE: Emails sent and

Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed.

Thanks, Heather We have Come Drink with Me and will add to the list. g Where are the Hong Kong martial arts flicks? Many of them feature strong (and violent) women, such as Come Drink with Me http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059079/ and Wing Chun http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111800/ . For

Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed.

Thanks! I'm pretty much keeping this to fictional/bio-pic films g Shut Up and Sing, a documentary on the (over)reaction to Dixie Chick Natalie Maines's infamous 2004 comment about George W. Bush. These are some tough, tough chicks, definitely transgressive. __ Pamela Bristah,

Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed.

got em! g And what about Pam Grier's films from the 70's like: Coffy, Foxy Brown, and Campy http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124009543 Jo Ann Jo Ann Reynolds Reserve Services Coordinator University of Connecticut Homer Babbidge Library Storrs, CT

Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed.

Ninotchka? Transgressive? She turns into a puddle of capitalist mush, doesn't she? Little Vera! Cool, I forgot about her. The others are great also. Thanks Michael. g Gary, Off the top of my head some Slavic (or Slavic themed) titles you might include would be: Ninotchka by

Re: [Videolib] End of semester larks! Your help needed.

Jeeze, Jeff You have even kinkier taste than I do...Girl Boss guerilla, indeed! And I thought we we sorta cool and academically louche here because we had Escort Girl and Sex Madness. g Well, since you asked... The Female Prisoner #701 Scorpion series, including Jailhouse 41, Beast

Re: [Videolib] advice needed

Hi We buy strange, loosey-goosey, self-distributed stuff on DVD-Rs all the time. The problems with this stuff have been minimal (we have just as many glitches with stuff from standard distributors). In my book, it's often this kind of out-back independent stuff that makes collections exciting

[Videolib] Shakespeare, anyone?

Hi all We are in the process of sending big chunks of the videotape parts of the MRC collection off to remote storage (mostly stuff we've re-bought in DVD or which is never used). We've rounded the bend into our venerable tape copies of the complete BBC Shakespeare plays...well-used and

Re: [Videolib] purchased as DVD, donated as VHS

The First Sale Doctrine does not give ANYONE the right to transfer from one format to another. It does allow the faculty person to donate a LEGAL copy of a copyrighted work to the library (or to re-sell it, rent it, etc.) The DVDs you have in hand may very well be illegal, depending on the

Re: [Videolib] PBS vs. FMG

Hi Larry Whichever way Newsreel, WMM, Icarus, and Bullfrog go, I would urge maximum flexibility and choice. I have, for instance, been impressed by the willingness of FMG and, now, Ambrose to provide either remote access to content or licensing of digital files for local delivery from an

[Videolib] Larry D. question re streaming: few more thoughts

Hi all On my walk to work this am, I thought of a few other issues and concerns re the remote/local streaming question. One of the benefits of local streaming is the unlimited concurrent use possibilities...on the other hand, many vendor-supplied online electronic resources (print, included) put

Re: [Videolib] PBS vs FMG

Thanks for the clarifications and elucidations, Larry I realize that concurrent use is technically technical (i.e. it's fundamentally a server/network issue). Nonetheless, the practice of charging more for more concurrent users isn't, by any means, limited to e-book territory. It's an insidious

Re: [Videolib] PBS vs FMG...oops

Yipes... I also think that it’s perfectly reasonable to license for “life of file” (i.e. to disallow further migration) is sorta strange and troubling Do I contract myself? (to quote Whitman)...I think it's sorta strange and I do not think it's perfectly reasonable... g Thanks for the

[Videolib] Your help requested

Hi all UCB is about to embark on an interesting, Mellon-funded project in partnership with NYU to identify (and deal with) items in the collection that are out-of-distribution and at risk of physical disintegration (i.e. vhs stuff no longer get-able in any form). As a first pass, I've put

Re: [Videolib] Your help requested

Sure...Don't think there'll be too many more. g Hi, Gary. Can you give us a revised list when everyone is done giving input? Thanks! Jeanne Little University of Northern Iowa Rod Library On 6/28/2010 1:05 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hi all UCB is about to embark on

Re: [Videolib] Your help requested

??? Gary I am not sure if this specific title can be preserved because Eve has withdrawn her permission, but if possible, you might want to consider the below title: Case study of multiple personality IMPRINT University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University,

Re: [Videolib] Your help requested

I was asking for names of video distributors that had gone out of business. Again: the reason I'm asking this: we will be surveying the collections of three partner libraries to determine which commercially distributed titles are scarce and at risk--i.e. titles no longer obtainable in ANY

[Videolib] More re out of distribution stuff

Thanks for all who responded to my query re out o' business distributors. I'm informed that the Latin American Video Archive (LAVA) did, indeed, distribute some materials in their database, so I'll add these to the list. In thinking thru which classes or varieties of material may have a high

Re: [Videolib] More re out of distribution stuff

Yeah...I think you're right, Becky. gary Along the lines of PBS - what about AE/History, Discovery Channel, etc? Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us

Re: [Videolib] More re out of distribution stuff

Fabulous! Thanks, Brigid! (I forgot all about Mystic Fire... Most (all though certainly not all) of the stuff that was distributed by Tamarelle's is currently in DVD, I think...my heart still breaks about Voyager dropping out years ago) gary More out-of-business distributors: AGC United

Re: [Videolib] Your help requested

Hey Christine! I'll wait until the end of this week and then send out a compiled list. Gary PS: PBS really rankles me... One would think that an agency with a mandate (and Fed tax dollars)to support public access would be a bit better about keeping this programming available for longer

[Videolib] Kaput distributors: The List

Changes and additions still welcome. g. 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

Re: [Videolib] Update on American Indiana Film Gallery

Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also

Re: [Videolib] Collective Brain: Gender Issues in Foreign Feature Films

OK Here are a few: Women's Prison (Zendan-e zanan) (Iran, 2002) Directed by Manijeh Hekmat. Cast: Roya Nonahali, Roya Taymourian, Pegah Ahangarani, Golab Adineh, Maryam Boobani. Famously 'banned' for more than a year by Iranian authorities, this taboo-breaking film is based on Manijeh

[Videolib] Picking the collective brain - kid's lit to film

I've always found time/zeitgeist shifting in kidlit film remakes sorta interesting. e.g. Freaky Friday, Parent Trap, Doctor Dolittle The original is very often true to the book as far as setting and time; the remake seldom is...probably an attempt at relevancy Charlie and the Choc

Re: [Videolib] Recall: Picking the collective brain - kid's lit to film

Chris McNevins would like to recall the message, [Videolib] Picking the collective brain - kid's lit to film. You mean you can't remember what the message was, or you want to retract it? Either way, I'm worried about you, Chris. Gary Chris McNevins would like to recall the message,

Re: [Videolib] Recall: Picking the collective brain - kid's lit to film

It doesn't... I don't review messages to the list before they're posted. gary The only way you could recall a message from the list would be if there was a moderator who had to approve posts, and the moderator read the recall request before posting the original item. I don't think this list

[Videolib] BYU gets down and jiggy with it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ArIj236UHs 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 VIDEOLIB is

Re: [Videolib] UltraViolet -- opinions?

Looks like just another VOD hype to me...consumer-driven, pay-per... Can just imagine what content they'll be offering. gary handman Hello, all you fabulous videolib people. Our College Librarian brought up the UltraViolet project to me today and that has prompted me to write to solicit

Re: [Videolib] Now this seems like a really good idea...came in Choice this week

Isn't Snag still inserting commercials every 5 minutes? Gary I haven't used SnagFilms extensively, but it is linked to our Streaming Media page: http://dept.harpercollege.edu/library/streaming.html Thanks, Hannah On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Dennis Doros milefi...@gmail.com wrote:

[Videolib] DMCA...We won!

Incredible! We won! Three cheers for Carleton Jackson and his crew on the East Coast, Carrie Russell and the ALA Washington Office, and me and my posse out here...restores at least a bit of my faith in process. gary Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley

[Videolib] Discrete DMCA

ooops...that's discrete (not discreet--a word that I've been told isn't in my vocabulary) As you've commented, Linda, there are really TWO discreet issues at hand: 1. Breaking of circumvention for the purpose of extracting clips--covered by the DMCA and now a lot more liberal than

Re: [Videolib] New copyright rules re: DMCA exemptions are finallyannounced

This ruling has NOTHING directly to do with the nature, interpretation, or application of fair use. Gary Actually Gary I disagree. I think this rule reaffirms the terms of what Fair Use is considering you have a least one major institution and more than a few academics claiming it actually

Re: [Videolib] videolib Digest, Vol 32, Issue 64

What? Me disingenuous? I agree with pretty much everything you're saying here, Larry. Gary I think Gary is being a little disingenuous to say that today's ruling has absolutely nothing to do with fair use. One need merely read UCLA's legal brief to see that they are making a fair use

[Videolib] videolib vs videonews

hi all There seems to be a bit of confusion lately about guidelines for posting to the videolib list. I want to remind all that VIDEOLIB is a commercial-free discussion forum. Vendor/distributor/filmmaker annoucements re new works and services do not belong on the videolib list. The VIDEONEWS

Re: [Videolib] VintageFilmBuff

My guess is that the copy they're selling is bootlegged. It's a Paramount film...if it's not on amazon, it most likely ain't nowhere available legally. gary handman Hello all, Has anyone dealt with VintageFilmBuff (http://www.vintagefilmbuff.com/)? They have a film on DVD that I

Re: [Videolib] FW: Tweet from @JSTOR

Hey Jon Just got around to looking at this...ah, me. The stuff in this article is simply another profoundly tedious riff on arguments and contentions that have been made endless before in the past decade...some of it is just plain stupid shooting the breeze: to wit: Within ten years, most

Re: [Videolib] FW: Tweet from @JSTOR--Slightly OT

A much more level-headed and realistic view. Thanks Myles. I get verry cranky when I read generic geewhiz prognostication about the future of libraries and information. The other pontifications in the article that Jon forwarded are equally annoying. Gary Another view from the publib

Re: [Videolib] VHS only?

Really...cool, I'll take a look. Thanks, D. g I believe the 1931 Berlin Alexanderplatz is a bonus feature on Criterion's DVD release. DD Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2010, at 12:21 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: ah what would I do without my daily Jessica annoyance. The

Re: [Videolib] VHS only?

We're talking about keeping stuff alive for use in working collections, Jessica. Not David Shepard territory. g. Well re section 108. If you have that deteriorating VHS you can't replace and do a transfer, it can't leave the library My argument was with the preservation' of said

Re: [Videolib] VHS only?

I don't know how I can make this any simpler, Jessica. If we own a tape and the the tape is no longer commercially distributed in either DVD or vhs (in the US or abroad or legally in the OP marketplace), then I'm gonna try to save it from the flames...it's what librarians do: we preserve the

Re: [Videolib] VHS only?

I don't know how I can make this any simplier, Jessica. If we own a tape and the the tape is no longer distributed in either DVD or vhs, then I'm gonna try to save it from the flames...it's what librarians do: we preserve the cultural record. If a faculty person wants to use that title to show

Re: [Videolib] VHS only?--available on DVD

Remember: my list is titles which are not currently in vhs or DVD release in the US (i.e. not counting the OP market). So, stuff that WAS available at one time on DVD, but is no longer is not included. Basically, stuff not currently available via amazon or Facets. You sure about the list

Re: [Videolib] VHS only?--available on DVD

Good News! Thanks, Linda! We're all rooting for you mightily! gary The dvds of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands should be available again soon (in the next few months) Linda Duchin New Yorker Films On 8/11/10 2:43 PM, Jaeschke, Myles mjae...@tulsalibrary.org wrote: Gary, Ah--My

Re: [Videolib] acquisition

Well, there are other performances of Rite out there, but I do believe the Joffrey is no longer available on DVD or tape. It appears to be on YouTube (of course) gary Does anyone have ideas of where I might be able to find a copy of the film mentioned below? One of my professors is

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