[Videolib] Canadian PPR laws and budgets
Perhaps, some of you can answer this for me. I've always wondered if Canadian AV libraries have bigger budgets than their United States' equivalents and if so, could this be because of the copyright exemption law. I'm not suggesting the US adopt it Canada's restrictions, but I've wondered if there's more respect and even more important, financial support, by Canadian colleges. My theory is that once a college administrator got it into his head that you can buy any DVD for $9.95 at Kmart, that there's no reason to give AV departments the money they really need. Sorry if this is oversimplification or a mistaken theory, but I've been thinking about Catch-22s lately. Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: milefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com http://www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Austin 2011: www.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! Follow Milestone on Twitter! http://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Marilyn Nasserden marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca wrote: No, unfortunately it doesn't apply in Canada - or not yet. The new copyright bill that was proposed before the House of Parliament closed for the election does have something similar to the US educational exemption in it.In Canada, the vendor's statement below is true, i.e. that if we want to show a video in a classroom, then we need to acquire PPR. However, we do purchase videos without PPR for individual use - when classroom use isn't required. Marilyn -- Marilyn Nasserden Head, Visual Performing Arts Libraries and Cultural Resources 25 MacKimmie Library Block University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, CANADA marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca Phone: (403) 220-3795 On 5/16/2011 12:30 PM, Audrey Quinn wrote: Does anyone know if this same exemption applies in Canadian classrooms? - this discussion has been very informative for an indie documentary production company such as myself. Thanks On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hi Steve There has been quite a bit of discussion on the videolib listserv (that's an online discussion list for video librarians, filmmakers, film distributors and others)concerning the inaccurate statement New Video is currently putting forward concerning Public Performance rights. About Public Performance Rights: Public Performance Rights (PPR) allow screenings of DVDs for educational purposes. PPR are included with DVDs purchased from New Video at the prices indicated. PPR permit screenings in a classroom or library or to a group where no admission is charged. DVDs purchased from home video retailers or through our home video website or by anyone other than New Video do NOT carry Public Performance Rights. These may only be screened for private home use unless Public Performance Rights are purchased separately or an open showing is arranged. Screening film/video in a classroom in the service of regular curricula is covered by the face-to-face teaching exemption of the US copyright Law (Title 117: section 110) and does not require PPR. This exemption applies to home video, as well as other legally acquired versions of the work. Screening a copyrighted film to a group outside of the home or outside of these exemptions requires PPR--a fact with which most video librarians are acutely aware. Thanks in advance for considering reworking the wording of your currently misleading and inaccurate statement. Gary Handman 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 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. -- Audrey Quinn 416-901-7774 audreylqu...@gmail.com 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. VIDEOLIB is
Re: [Videolib] Canadian PPR laws and budgets
I don't know what others' media budgets look like - but am interested in knowing. We are paying a lot in order to provide classroom rights for videos to support teaching. Some faculty members are choosing not to show videos in the classroom because of the associated costs. My firm-order video budget is $30,000Cdn/year for a campus of ~25,000 FTE. At an average of $250/video, this buys ~120 titles per year with PPR. In addition, we subscribe to two feature film PPR licenses for our campus which amount to another $20,000+ not including the cost of the videos - often acquired from amazon. These feature film licenses and our video database subscriptions come out of a different budget, not out of my firm-order video budget. Marilyn -- Marilyn Nasserden Head, Visual Performing Arts Libraries and Cultural Resources 25 MacKimmie Library Block University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, CANADA marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca Phone: (403) 220-3795 On 5/16/2011 2:07 PM, Dennis Doros wrote: Perhaps, some of you can answer this for me. I've always wondered if Canadian AV libraries have bigger budgets than their United States' equivalents and if so, could this be because of the copyright exemption law. I'm not suggesting the US adopt it Canada's restrictions, but I've wondered if there's more respect and even more important, financial support, by Canadian colleges. My theory is that once a college administrator got it into his head that you can buy any DVD for $9.95 at Kmart, that there's no reason to give AV departments the money they really need. Sorry if this is oversimplification or a mistaken theory, but I've been thinking about Catch-22s lately. Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: milefi...@gmail.com mailto:milefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com http://www.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com http://www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com http://www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com http://www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com http://www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com http://www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Austin 2011: www.amianet.org http://www.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! Follow Milestone on Twitter! http://twitter.com/#%21/MilestoneFilms On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Marilyn Nasserden marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca mailto:marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca wrote: No, unfortunately it doesn't apply in Canada - or not yet. The new copyright bill that was proposed before the House of Parliament closed for the election does have something similar to the US educational exemption in it.In Canada, the vendor's statement below is true, i.e. that if we want to show a video in a classroom, then we need to acquire PPR. However, we do purchase videos without PPR for individual use - when classroom use isn't required. Marilyn -- Marilyn Nasserden Head, Visual Performing Arts Libraries and Cultural Resources 25 MacKimmie Library Block University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, CANADA marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca mailto:marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca Phone:(403) 220-3795 tel:%28403%29%20220-3795 On 5/16/2011 12:30 PM, Audrey Quinn wrote: Does anyone know if this same exemption applies in Canadian classrooms? - this discussion has been very informative for an indie documentary production company such as myself. Thanks On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu mailto:ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hi Steve There has been quite a bit of discussion on the videolib listserv (that's an online discussion list for video librarians, filmmakers, film distributors and others)concerning the inaccurate statement New Video is currently putting forward concerning Public Performance rights. About Public Performance Rights: Public Performance Rights (PPR) allow screenings of DVDs for educational purposes. PPR are included with DVDs purchased from New Video at the prices indicated. PPR permit screenings in a classroom or library or to a group where no admission is charged. DVDs purchased from home video retailers or through our home video website or by anyone other than New Video do NOT carry Public Performance Rights. These may only be screened for private home use unless Public Performance Rights are purchased separately or an open showing is arranged. Screening film/video in a classroom in the service of regular curricula is covered by the face-to-face teaching exemption of the US copyright Law (Title 117: section 110) and does not require
Re: [Videolib] Canadian PPR laws and budgets
Dennis: We utilize standards that are ALA established - CTCL, for example, that indicate staffing levels, collection size, etc. based on FTE size. In B.C., all the Library Directors from the post-secondary sector share their numbers, annually about budgets. Media should be a % of the total library collections budget. Whether that percentage is adhered to, at a local level, is up to the individual Director. Also, the % differs from college to college. Some allocate more to purchase of media. Some allocate less. Bottom line of the Canadian scenario is, we purchase fewer items because of the higher prices we have to pay. One can only divide up the pie a certain number of ways, and then, there's no more. So, if we always have to pay $250. and up per video, we buy fewer. Fortunately, we do have two umbrella licenses for the feature films. So, we can pay the same price as our American colleagues to buy these types of material, if we pay the annual fee for the PPR. Truth of the matter is, the documentaries that are truly docs, that are not Hollywood mainstream, are the bulk of where our buying goes to. Susan Dennis Doros wrote: Perhaps, some of you can answer this for me. I've always wondered if Canadian AV libraries have bigger budgets than their United States' equivalents and if so, could this be because of the copyright exemption law. I'm not suggesting the US adopt it Canada's restrictions, but I've wondered if there's more respect and even more important, financial support, by Canadian colleges. My theory is that once a college administrator got it into his head that you can buy any DVD for $9.95 at Kmart, that there's no reason to give AV departments the money they really need. Sorry if this is oversimplification or a mistaken theory, but I've been thinking about Catch-22s lately. Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email:milefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Austin 2011:www.amianet.org Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook! Follow Milestone on Twitter! On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Marilyn Nasserden marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca wrote: No, unfortunately it doesn't apply in Canada - or not yet. The new copyright bill that was proposed before the House of Parliament closed for the election does have something similar to the US educational exemption in it. In Canada, the vendor's statement below is true, i.e. that if we want to show a video in a classroom, then we need to acquire PPR. However, we do purchase videos without PPR for individual use - when classroom use isn't required. Marilyn -- Marilyn Nasserden Head, Visual Performing Arts Libraries and Cultural Resources 25 MacKimmie Library Block University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, CANADA marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca Phone: (403) 220-3795 On 5/16/2011 12:30 PM, Audrey Quinn wrote: Does anyone know if this same exemption applies in Canadian classrooms? - this discussion has been very informative for an indie documentary production company such as myself. Thanks On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hi Steve There has been quite a bit of discussion on the videolib listserv (that's an online discussion list for video librarians, filmmakers, film distributors and others)concerning the inaccurate statement New Video is currently putting forward concerning Public Performance rights. About Public Performance Rights: Public Performance Rights (PPR) allow screenings of DVDs for educational purposes. PPR are included with DVDs purchased from New Video at the prices indicated. PPR permit screenings in a classroom or library or to a group where no admission is charged. DVDs purchased from home video retailers or through our home video website or by anyone other than New Video do NOT carry Public Performance Rights. These may only be screened for private home use unless Public Performance Rights are purchased separately or an open showing is arranged. Screening film/video in a classroom in the service of regular curricula is covered by the face-to-face teaching exemption of the US copyright Law (Title 117: section 110) and does not require PPR. This exemption applies to home video, as well as other legally acquired versions of the work. Screening a copyrighted film to a group outside of the home or outside of these exemptions requires PPR--a fact with which most video librarians are acutely aware. Thanks in advance for considering reworking the wording of your currently misleading and inaccurate statement. Gary Handman Gary Handman Director Media
Re: [Videolib] Canadian PPR laws and budgets
My situation is pretty much the same as Marilyn's in terms of budget and our Criterion / Audio-Cine licenses. I remember being offered a job in the mid 1990s at a U.S. university where the video acquisitions budget was over $100,000/year. I wonder what it is today... Oksana At 04:52 PM 16/05/2011, you wrote: I don't know what others' media budgets look like - but am interested in knowing. We are paying a lot in order to provide classroom rights for videos to support teaching. Some faculty members are choosing not to show videos in the classroom because of the associated costs. My firm-order video budget is $30,000Cdn/year for a campus of ~25,000 FTE. At an average of $250/video, this buys ~120 titles per year with PPR. In addition, we subscribe to two feature film PPR licenses for our campus which amount to another $20,000+ not including the cost of the videos - often acquired from amazon. These feature film licenses and our video database subscriptions come out of a different budget, not out of my firm-order video budget. Marilyn -- Marilyn Nasserden Head, Visual Performing Arts Libraries and Cultural Resources 25 MacKimmie Library Block University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, CANADA mailto:marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.camarilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca Phone: (403) 220-3795 On 5/16/2011 2:07 PM, Dennis Doros wrote: Perhaps, some of you can answer this for me. I've always wondered if Canadian AV libraries have bigger budgets than their United States' equivalents and if so, could this be because of the copyright exemption law. I'm not suggesting the US adopt it Canada's restrictions, but I've wondered if there's more respect and even more important, financial support, by Canadian colleges. My theory is that once a college administrator got it into his head that you can buy any DVD for $9.95 at Kmart, that there's no reason to give AV departments the money they really need. Sorry if this is oversimplification or a mistaken theory, but I've been thinking about Catch-22s lately. Best, Dennis Doros Milestone Film Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: mailto:milefi...@gmail.commilefi...@gmail.com http://www.milestonefilms.comwww.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com http://www.arayafilm.comwww.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com http://www.wordisoutmovie.comwww.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com AMIA Austin 2011: http://www.amianet.orgwww.amianet.org Join Milestone Film on Facebook! http://twitter.com/#%21/MilestoneFilmsFollow Milestone on Twitter! On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Marilyn Nasserden mailto:marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.camarilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca wrote: No, unfortunately it doesn't apply in Canada - or not yet. The new copyright bill that was proposed before the House of Parliament closed for the election does have something similar to the US educational exemption in it.In Canada, the vendor's statement below is true, i.e. that if we want to show a video in a classroom, then we need to acquire PPR. However, we do purchase videos without PPR for individual use - when classroom use isn't required. Marilyn -- Marilyn Nasserden Head, Visual Performing Arts Libraries and Cultural Resources 25 MacKimmie Library Block University of Calgary 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta, CANADA mailto:marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.camarilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca Phone: tel:%28403%29%20220-3795(403) 220-3795 On 5/16/2011 12:30 PM, Audrey Quinn wrote: Does anyone know if this same exemption applies in Canadian classrooms? - this discussion has been very informative for an indie documentary production company such as myself. Thanks On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM, mailto:ghand...@library.berkeley.edughand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Hi Steve There has been quite a bit of discussion on the videolib listserv (that's an online discussion list for video librarians, filmmakers, film distributors and others)concerning the inaccurate statement New Video is currently putting forward concerning Public Performance rights. About Public Performance Rights: Public Performance Rights (PPR) allow screenings of DVDs for educational purposes. PPR are included with DVDs purchased from New Video at the prices indicated. PPR permit screenings in a classroom or library or to a group where no admission is charged. DVDs purchased from home video retailers or through our home video website or by anyone other than New Video do NOT carry Public Performance Rights. These may only be screened for private home use unless Public Performance Rights are purchased separately or an open showing is arranged. Screening film/video in a classroom in the service of regular curricula is covered by the face-to-face teaching exemption of the US copyright Law (Title 117: section 110) and does not require PPR. This exemption applies to home video, as well as other
