You must always get permission for any PAL to NTSC conversion. It would make no difference if it was library or foreign language center because format conversion is the exclusive right/property of the owner under copyright law. I don't know what type of material you are thinking of converting (fiction, non fiction) but in general a rights holder would be VERY unlikely to grant permission and would almost surely want a pretty good fee unless this was some very pricey item bought directly from the rights holder. Rights holders divide contracts over various territories, the reason a particular item is not available on NTSC is that the have not sold/licensed it for the US market.
It would be SO much easier to simply use the item on a mult-system player than to try to get permission to convert. No harm in asking I guess, but I just don't see the rights holder agreeing. Jessica On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Diane Elizabeth Sybeldon <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi there – > > This is a PAL permissions question. > > > > Are there differences in permission requirements for libraries versus > campus foreign language tech centers > > for PAL DVD conversion to NTSC? > > > > In other words, must a library seek permission from a producer to reformat, > > but a campus Foreign Language Tech Center not have to seek permission? > > > > The difference being the added circulation factor of the library, > > both reformatting for educational use. > > > > Diane > > > > > > > > > > > > *Diane Sybeldon* > > Fine and Performing Arts and Media Librarian > > Wayne State University Library System > > Detroit, Michigan 48202 > > > > Office: 1210 Undergraduate Library > > Phone: 313-577-4480 > > Fax: 313-577-5265 > > email: [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. > >
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.
