This is also a sticky issue for me. I run a campus movie theater that has 358 seats. We sometimes have a campus group or a professor who wants to show a movie from the library collection in the theater and open it to the campus. They think that if the library has a copy and it comes with a special "educational license" or a "public performance license" that it will automatically be okay to screen it in Lumina Theater. I have to explain that I need to see the wording of the license, because they don't all mean the same things. Frankly, I ran into one situation where a librarian was telling the professor it would be okay to show the film in Lumina, when it was clearly NOT okay, once I read the licensing information.
I really do wish there were a bit more consistency from distributors. Thanks, Sandra Sandra F. Jackson Film Program Coordinator Lumina Theater & Sharky's Box Office Department of Campus Life The University of North Carolina Wilmington Phone 910.962.7971 Fax: 910-962-7438 [email protected] http://www.uncw.edu/lumina NOTICE: Emails sent and received in the course of university business are subject to the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. ยง132-1 et seq.) and may be released to the public unless an exception applies. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 11:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] language from vendors I think that is just semantics. Nobody is selling films to theaters for public performances. That is strictly rental. However MY can of worms is why so many non theatrical licenses have a limit of 50 people. I have no idea why that number. I would think it would be great if you get 100 people on a college campus to see a film. I suspect it is meant to differentiate an "educational" showing from one that might be part of regular student film series, but I have a hard time imagining that is much of an issue these days with the kind of films that are sold with PPR rights. On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:46 PM, Wochna, Lorraine <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all, Out of curiosity, not wanting to open pandoras box (it may be inevitable) When a vendor (ie, First Run) uses "non-theatrical public performance" OR When a vendor (ie, Film Media Group) uses "public performance allowed" how are you defining "non-theatrical PPR" v. PPR. thanks, lorraine wochna alden library ohio university athens OH 45701 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. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) [email protected]<mailto:[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.
