Does anyone know if the films available from SIMAP Project - Download dvdrip, divx, mp4, dvd movies<http://www.simap-project.org> are legal? They have available a movie for download that one of our faculty is interested in showing to a class. There appears to be no information on this site.
I found another site called ubuweb film. They have a FAQ section and their policy on copyright is: What is your policy concerning posting copyrighted material? If it's out of print, we feel it's fair game. Or if something is in print, yet absurdly priced or insanely hard to procure, we'll take a chance on it. But if it's in print and available to all, we won't touch it. The last thing we'd want to do is to take the meager amount of money out of the pockets of those releasing generally poorly-selling materials of the avant-garde. UbuWeb functions as a distribution center for hard-to-find, out-of-print and obscure materials, transferred digitally to the web. Our scanning, say, an historical concrete poem in no way detracts from the physical value of that object in the real world; in fact, it probably enhances it. Either way, we don't care: Ebay is full of wonderful physical artifacts, most of them worth a lot of money. Should something return to print, we will remove it from our site immediately. Also, should an artist find their material posted on UbuWeb without permission and wants it removed, please let us know. However, most of the time, we find artists are thrilled to find their work cared for and displayed in a sympathetic context. As always, we welcome more work from existing artists on site. Let's face it, if we had to get permission from everyone on UbuWeb, there would be no UbuWeb. If Guy Dubord's family has not told them to remove his films, could they be considered legit? Thank you for any help with my questions. Eileen Karsten Head of Technical Services Donnelley & Lee Library Lake Forest College 555 N. Sheridan Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 kars...@mx.lakeforest.edu<mailto:kars...@lakeforest.edu> 847-735-5066
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