Yes, most distributors should be fine with that. As another producer/distributor weighing in, we almost always give the okay if a college or university wants to create an open-captioned version for circulation within their school. We also have transcripts to help.
Kind of a no-brainer, I think. Alex Alexandra Peterson | Marketing Coordinator Media Education Foundation 60 Masonic Street | Northampton, MA 01060 TEL: 413.584.8500 x2205 | FAX: 413.586.8398 Find MEF on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube! On Oct 12, 2011, at 12:59 PM, Elizabeth Stanley wrote: > > Gary, Barb, et al, > > Several colleges and universities have contacted Bullfrog Films for > permission to caption a video when there is no closed-captioned version > available. > We often provide a transcript of the program to assist in this process. Now > most new DVD titles from Bullfrog Films have SDH captions: subtitled for the > deaf > and hearing impaired. Please contact us for further details. > > Elizabeth > Bullfrog Films > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Captioning - Is permission required from distributor? > > I believe that, technically, permission must be sought... Don't think the > ADA makes provisions for doing this without such. > > Check out: (legal opinion, State of California) > > Option 2 > Obtain Permission to Caption Audiovisual Materials If a closed-captioned > version of the needed video is unavailable from the publisher, the next best > option is to request permission from the copyright owner to caption the > video. It is important that you obtain written permission to caption the > video. You should not interpret a lack of response from the copyright holder > as permission to caption. > > > > Gary Handman > >> I just saw a memo for our system counsel that struck me as wrong, but >> need some backing evidence. >> >> It is telling the Office of Disability Services to ask permission from >> distributors before creating an open captioned version of films. >> My understanding is that this is allowed under ADA and that no >> permission is needed. Right? >> (Contacting the distributor to find out if there is perhaps a >> captioned version available, yes. Permission, no.) >> >> Captioning is only being added to videos where there is a >> hearing-impaired student enrolled in the class. (And only on legally >> acquired -i.e. >> purchased-videos.) >> >> Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | >> Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | >> [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. >> > > > Gary Handman > Director > Media Resources Center > Moffitt Library > UC Berkeley > > 510-643-8566 > [email protected] > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC > > "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." > --Francois Truffaut > > > 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.
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.
