As I said before Gary, I think there is a good chance these guys actually believe what they wrote. I think it is best to try the "you might want to read the actual law" approach. You are a librarian so you should try to educate them. You can get nasty if they try claiming the law does not apply to them.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 7:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > tell them to blow it out their ears...get your university counsel > involved. There is absolutely nothing illegal about buying a home video > version of film from amazon from institutional use. The requirement that > institutions buy higher priced versions of a film is a contractual matter, > and there are NO buyer contracts on amazon. > > If these guys didn't want to have this happen, they had no business > putting their damn film in the home video market. > > This kinda thing frosts my ass! > > Gary > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > How do I respond to this? > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Gianfranco Norelli [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 12:21 PM > > To: Chris McNevins > > Subject: Fwd: Institutional Version of Film Pane Amaro/Bitter Bread > > > > > > Dear Ms. McNevins, > > We are resending you the message we sent you two months ago informing > > you that the version of our film "PANE AMARO/BITTER BREAD" that you > > purchased from Amazon on November 9, 2009 for the Babbidge Library is > > the Home Video Version. Please note that the Home Video version cannot > > legally be used for library, classroom or public screenings. See the > > message below for details on how to acquire an Institutional Version of > > the film. > > > > We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you. > > > > Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien > > Producers > > Eurus Productions, Inc. > > 101 West 12th Street, Suite 14-W > > New York, NY 10011 > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Gianfranco Norelli <[email protected]> > > Date: Dec 21, 2009 1:24 PM > > Subject: Institutional Version of Film Pane Amaro/Bitter Bread > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > Christine S. McNevins > > UCONN/HOMER BABBIDGE LIBRARY > > 369 FAIRFIELD WAY UNIT 2005AM > > STORRS MANSFIELD, CT 06269-9091 > > > > > > Dear Ms. McNevins, > > > > We have been notified by Amazon that your institution has purchased on > > November 9, 2009 a copy of the Home Video version of our documentary > > film, "PANE AMARO/BITTER BREAD". We want to inform you that the Home > > Video version cannot legally be utilized for library use, classroom use > > or public screenings. There is an Institutional Use version of "PANE > > AMARO/BITTER BREAD" that is legally authorized for these purposes. The > > Institutional Version of our film is available through Amazon or through > > us for $174.95 plus shipping and handling. We look forward to hearing > > from you and we thank you for your interest in our film. > > > > Gianfranco Norelli and Suma Kurien > > Producers > > Eurus Productions, Inc. > > 101 West 12th Street, Suite 14-W > > New York, NY 10011 > > > > 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.
