Perhaps I might not put it as strongly as Jessica, but yes, here are a few suggestions for additions, as this is sort of a hobby and job for me to find rights holders. And I know you can't do it (though should) for 1000+ films, you're really only duping one at a time if you're following 108 correctly. But anyway, just to put it out here for people who are desperate to find a film...
1) Distributors first and foremost. (You're guidelines is really based on calling Warner Brothers and not Milestone or Zeitgeist. If we no longer own a film, we know 99% of the time who does and are willing to share. It is very liable that you don't call the licensed distributor to see who owns the distribution rights for a film.) 2) Frameworks listserve (this kind of question on finding contact information for directors occurs at least once a day) 3) Facebook and LinkedIn (they can find you many, many directors and producers) 4) Cinando.com (lists contact information for just about every distributor in the world) 5) Directors Guild of America There's many others, but this is where I start. Best regards, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: [email protected] www.milestonefilms.com www.comebackafrica.com www.yougottomove.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com <http://www.killerofsheep.com/> AMIA Austin 2011: www.amianet.org Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook! Follow Milestone on Twitter! <http://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:41 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Following on the, um, lively 108 discussion of the past few days, I am > going to share some ideas regarding appropriate due diligence and research > guidelines Berkeley is developing (in connection with the NYU/Berkeley > Mellon project). > > The attached represents preliminary thinking regarding what we think is > reasonable research in advance of invoking 108. > > Gary Handman > > > > > 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.
