Yes but UCLA, SCMS, and to some degree ALA all believe they can stream any film they want ( and in the case of SCMS it does not even have to be a legal copy just any old thing you taped off TV will do) on their own systems without paying the rights holder. That is what has been a key factor the decline in educational media sales. As long as an increasing number of institutions of "higher" learning not only allow, but encourage wholesale streaming and format changes of copyrighted works ( full length) independent filmmakers who rely on the educational community for sales will be run out of business.
I do appreciate some of the pilot programs, but without a radical change in the attitude of many educational institutions (coming mainly from professors and administration whose goal is to get whatever they want when they want it and not have to spend money on it), only few programs with outside funding will survive. Sorry in my snarky mood today. On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Rachel Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: > Happy Monday! > > > > http://blogs.indiewire.com/tedhope/archives/guest_post_rachel_gordon_streaming_educational_media/ > > > > Best, > > Rachel > > > > Rachel Gordon > > Energized Films > > www.energizedfilms.com > > > > > > > > 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] 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.
