Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-17 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Follow-up: I talked with the filmmaker and clarified their intentions. All is good now. As I suspected, they just really haven't done DVD sales to libraries before. ~Barb VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation,

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-17 Thread Jessica Rosner
I kind of suspected that too. The language was kind of like a mixed up cut and paste. Glad it worked out. On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Bergman, Barbara J barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu wrote: Follow-up: I talked with the filmmaker and clarified their intentions. All is good now. As I

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-17 Thread Sarah E. McCleskey
Barb, were they willing to alter the license terms? Sent from my iPad On Dec 17, 2012, at 5:38 PM, Bergman, Barbara J barbara.berg...@mnsu.edumailto:barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu wrote: Follow-up: I talked with the filmmaker and clarified their intentions. All is good now. As I suspected, they

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-14 Thread Meghann Matwichuk
Aaaand I think we're all about to get more requests for this title -- looks like they have a good publicity push behind the film: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/12/14/sexy_baby_a_new_documentary_explores_sex_and_the_internet.html I've found that one of the more challenging parts of

[Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-13 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Yes, these are the exact words found on the website for a newly released DVD. After generously (sarcasm font) granting me classroom screening rights, they un-grant PPR in bullet 3, and forbid library lending in bullet 4. This is me beating head on desk before contacting them to talk about

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-13 Thread Jessica Rosner
Not a lot of sales with those restrictions. #2 and 3 are bizarre mishmosh of various uses. Also are they selling this title retail or through third party vendors to individuals? As I posted many times they can restrict a sale by contract but they can't do it after the fact or reduce rights

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-13 Thread Sarah E. McCleskey
Barb I'm so glad you posted this. Last week I returned a DVD for a refund after seeing the licensing terms. The vendor was really unhappy and didn't want to give me a refund but thank goodness it worked out. Are people just randomly making up their terms??? I think yes. Sarah Sent from my

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-13 Thread Jessica Rosner
Slightly OT Sarah but years ago I produced a DVD series of silent films by women directors (I hope you all have a copy) and it was about the only Kino title that you could NOT buy retail or through a third party ( an experiment of sorts) Anyway I sold a copy to a state school in CA and they

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-13 Thread Deg Farrelly
Though Barbara doesn't mention the title of the video, pasting the license terms into Google quickly returned the link to the vendor. My immediate reactionÅ . What is there in this film that is not already covered in a number of other videos, particularly the Media Education Foundation titles Sext

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-13 Thread Bergman, Barbara J
Title and its content wasn't my point. The film was requested by the Women's Center because they'll like to do a campus screening. I've warned her that they may need to pick something else. I'm guessing filmmaker is trying to do everything independently instead of going through one of our

Re: [Videolib] Humor? DVD Licensing

2012-12-13 Thread Jessica Rosner
Now I am a bit more confused. The director was not willing to sell you a copy with REAL PPR rights for a reasonable fee? What fee did they want for purchase with rights to show on campus or did they have one? On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Bergman, Barbara J barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu wrote: