Jessica, Yes, you've hit every nail on the head in terms of my concerns. There's nothing I'd disagree with in your reply and I hope you didn't think I was trying to get around the issue. I was more looking for something authoritative I could send to the professor other than the Librarian's word as we do not yet have official course reserve guidelines explicitly spelled out for me to easily point to. As for acquiring a region 2 player, I've brought it up a few times without getting much traction although it's probably been due to the fact that the VAST majority of required titles we use can be had as region 1 discs. Having said that, the school is poised to move into a brand new facility in the next couple of months which sounds like the perfect time to me to try to get at least one multi-region player we can use. Anyway, thanks for the reply. Best regards.
Josh On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Jessica Rosner <[email protected]> wrote: > Well the DVD-R copy is illegal copy. Everything in copyright law in terms > of academic use makes it clear that copies must be legal copies. I am > pretty sure most guidlines do as well. Let's suppose a professor came in > and said they needed a film just released in theaters for their class and > handed you a copy in white box. I think you would know this is not legal > and the situation here is exactly the same. > > I will say I am not sure why a Film School does not have any way to show > region two copy. The majority of computers can and multi system players are > CHEAP. Can't you either buy a player or just tell the students to see if > they can play a the region two copy on their computer or a friends? Why > not just get some funds and buy a multi system player or two and order the > UK copy? > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Josh Moorman <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hello Collected Wisdom, >> >> We just received a request from an instructor who wants us to make >> available via our course reserves a DVD-R copy of Jean Renoir's *A Day >> in the Country* as the only DVD on the marketplace is the region 2 >> edition from BFI (so it cannot be played here at school). They already >> finalized their syllabus for the class (so the film list for the students >> is set in stone) and is insisting we make this copy available. I'm looking >> to relay to them, including some direct links, guidelines for everything >> that they can and cannot put on reserve. Are there, then, any good >> recommendations for websites/guidelines that can be passed along to >> interested parties in instances like this? Thanks in advance! >> >> -- >> *Josh Moorman* >> *Head Librarian* >> *New York Film Academy - Los Angeles* >> *Robert K. Hartman Library* >> *[email protected] <[email protected]>* >> *(818) 295-2021 <%28818%29%20295-2021>* >> >> 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. > > -- *Josh Moorman* *Head Librarian* *New York Film Academy - Los Angeles* *Robert K. Hartman Library* *[email protected] <[email protected]>* *(818) 295-2021*
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.
