I actually did find this out about Janus after we spoke. To be honest it makes NO sense and I am going to work on them. It is not going to feasable for them to do their own streaming but there is no reason they can't license them one off for use by semester or year. You would of course have to do it on your own system. I admit it may not make sense price wise unless you need a lot of their titles but simply no reason they can not do it. As Judith points out Hulu would be a cheaper alternative but it would no pose a problem to Janus if a school wanted to license a film.
Criterion JUST took over Paramount ( and Swank lost it) so my guess is they are navigating the details but I am sure they will offer something soon. Needless to say there many, many films not controlled or available through the majors and those if you need them have to done on title by title basis. I will report back re Janus. On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Jane Sloan <[email protected]>wrote: > thanks for this prompt, Jessica -- > > After digging deeper I discovered > Janus offers nothing for any of their titles -- > criterion-us offers a year lease (with restrictions) -- am still asking > about how many of their titles this applies to > > At this point swank is the only reasonable fee for what in our environment > could be several hundred films per year, different titles each semester . . > . > it seems like otherwise it's going to be a long time before feature films > are within our range. . . especially when you add in the amount of time it > takes to track down each one. > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Jessica Rosner" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Monday, May 13, 2013 1:43:49 PM > > *Subject: *Re: [Videolib] Permission needed > > Um which Criterion and which film? I can't imagine either Criterion USA or > Criterion/Janus won't do streaming license. > > > On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Jane Sloan <[email protected]>wrote: > >> hi Everyone, >> I have a query into sony about some other titles, but last I heard from >> criterion they don't offer any kind of digital streaming license. >> Any clues about how to get over this, or when it might change? >> thanks! >> Jane >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From: *"Jessica Rosner" <[email protected]> >> *To: *[email protected] >> *Sent: *Tuesday, May 7, 2013 10:17:59 AM >> *Subject: *Re: [Videolib] Permission needed >> >> >> Funny I was just about to ask about that. Both VOLVER & WOMEN should be >> Sony Classics and for some reason i don't keep their contact handy but I >> know many people have it. >> >> >> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Sarah E. McCleskey < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sorry, I think I was wrong about Volver. I think I was looking at >>> Criterion Francais!**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto: >>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Moshiri, Farhad >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 07, 2013 8:56 AM >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Subject:* [Videolib] Permission needed**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> A faculty member is looking for a way to secure permission to stream the >>> following three films to his online film studies class (he has the DVDs). >>> He has contacted SWANK, Sony and Image Entertainment with no success. Do >>> you know any other way? 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