And the thing is, the studios did this all the time when videocassettes first came out. The rental stores purchased first - at a cost of $80 or more for a new feature. Then, six or eight months down the road, they put it out for home use - at about $24.95. That's why when we first started purchasing videos, we went with creating a classic collection, while new movies were purchased a year after release. Why pay all that money for rental prices when a while down the road, the price would drop dramatically. Most people understood that. Now, I view a DVD with no extras as a cousin to Reader's Digest condensed books, or a pan & scan movie versus letterbox. No extras - I don't want it, and many of our patrons don't either. If the extras are on the disc, and you don't want it, fine, you don't have to watch. But if they aren't there to begin with, you aren't even being given the option. And when some discs have the extras and some don't and you are being forced to purchase the ones with no extras, isn't that a form of censoring?
Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurorapubliclibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ledbetter, Terri Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:45 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Warner policy change Becky, isn't it frustrating? I put some of the blame on bootleggers. People think that just because the guy on the corner has the movie, it's officially available for home viewing. And Jessica, I feel your pain about people not understanding that not every movie EVER made is available to obtain. That tv movie (or soap opera) you saw in 1977? Might not be available to buy. Really. I wish you luck with the writing, Mary. (And I am this brooding in real life. Must stop brooding on the listserv...) Terri Beth Ledbetter Hartford Public Library 500 Main Street Hartford, CT 06103 860-695-6370 860-722-6870 (fax) Message: 3 Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:44:40 -0500 From: "Tatar, Becky" <blt...@aurora.lib.il.us> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Warner policy change To: <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Message-ID: <ffd9babf01c2ea47a1b3833f6d9bf8db209...@wmain3.aurorapubliclibrary.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" We get that all the time - people want that movie RIGHT NOW! Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurorapubliclibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 12:38 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Warner policy change They only ask "sometimes" when they are in theaters? On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:31 PM, Ledbetter, Terri <tledbet...@hplct.org> wrote: > I truly do hope they will reconsider this. As a public library, our > customers count on us to have the newest releases on time. Sometimes > they even ask for them when they're still in theaters... > > > > Terri Beth Ledbetter > > Hartford Public Library > > 500 Main Street > > Hartford, CT 06103 > > 860-695-6370 > > 860-722-6870 (fax) > > > > 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) jessicapros...@gmail.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. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:52:38 -0400 From: Jessica Rosner <jessicapros...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Warner policy change To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Message-ID: <CACRe6m9WPjbqEnc1saR5HDXWREu=4xeh4bn8e+c87v2f9j0...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I am working on a couple of docs that have some significant interest by both individuals & groups but are not available for purchase by individuals and when I tell them this it is like I said the earth is flat. Every movie ever made whether it is in theaters, in production, lost, was last screened at the San Sebastian Festival in 1966 must be available now. 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.
