Small update. The company operates out of Canada which is how they have evaded the reach of US rights holders.For the most part studios won't spend a major effort to go after places that pirate older films but they are known and they are bootleggers.
On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Jessica Rosner <[email protected]> wrote: > While they clearly do have some legit out of print and import items they > are bootleggers and I would not exactly trust them to tell you which titles > are "legit". One test I try on these sites to check titles that have never > been legally released anywhere in the world and yep Robert's has them. > > Ask your professor for some information on if he has ever had seen or > knows of a legal copy. I would check OCLC and if you don't see more than a > handful of copies ( if that) all listed as being from dubious sources then > it likely has never been legally released and the fact that the department > referred to bootlegger is not a good sign that they know what a legal > source is. > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 1:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey All >> >> Sources like the one u cite are often a mixed bag: some of the stuff they >> manage to dig up is legit, OP material (scooped up from out of business >> rental joints, personal collections, etc.). Some of the stuff is sketchy, >> bootleg, or otherwise questionable. Best to ask the seller directly. If >> they won't give u a straight answer, don't deal with them. >> >> Gary (typing this on an iPad, which I loathe) >> >> >> > Hi, >> > I just notified a department that our Acquisitions staff >> > could not locate a copy of a film for a professor's >> > reserve list. They replied with a link to Robert's Hard >> > to Find Videos. Is this a legitimate source? I've never >> > heard of them, nor has our Acquisitions department. >> > >> > Lynn >> > 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 >> [email protected] >> >> “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.” >> --Groucho Marx >> >> >> 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.
