If you did, I bet it would be in a format that wouldn't play in the equipment you currently own!...and when you looked in to finding a more usable copy, they'd charge extra for it!...AND you wouldn't be allowed to break the software that would allow you to copy it to a more convenient format!!!
Loved your response...I'm still snickerin!!! Mark Mark W. Kopp Technology Assistant IT Department Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8 4500 6th Avenue Altoona, PA 16602 P: 814-940-0223 ext. 1384 F: 814-949-0984 C: 814-937-2802 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 11:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: 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 > Head of Access Services > Acting Director, FIlm and Media Library > 112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University > Hempstead, NY 11549-1230 > 516-463-5076 > [email protected] > > 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 [email protected] 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. 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.
