Jessica, I don't mean to be snarky to you, but as a librarian, I get questions. Answering them with authority is my job. So when a professor, in good faith, asks me "is this site safe?", I'm going to do my best to find out all I can about it. I found nothing about MOVIE4K in my standard sources, aside from it being a possible clone of one with a similar name that was shut down last year.
This is a teachable moment. Professors and students alike don't always understand what content is freely available, what is coming from a paid resource (from their library) and what is illegally downloaded onto the Internet. I am glad when they ask. I was expecting to hear that accessing this site could result in a computer virus, and if that is the case (and I consider the good people on this list would the authority to confirm), I would like to share that information--quickly, before the original student shares the site with her classmates. Caryl *From:* [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jessica Rosner *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2014 11:21 AM *To:* [email protected] *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Bootleg site? Actually not a bootleg site, a pirate downloading site. I don't need to be snarky but you should not need to explain this to a profesor. This site streams new release movies illegally in fact the site itself admits this and just says they don't think it is right people should MAKE money on their films. You could always tell him you don't think he should be paid for his teaching. Would this professor also ask you to not bother buying books and just to download them? Jessica On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:54 AM, Caryl M Ward <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Collective Wisdom, A professor has asked me about a site that one of her students has found: MOVIE4K. It looks bogus to me, but I don't want to click too far into it. If anyone has knowledge of it, can you provide me with a brief explanation to share with faculty and students? Thanks, Caryl Ward Caryl Ward Head of Acquisitions Subject Librarian for Comparative Literature, LACAS and Romance Languages Binghamton University Libraries (SUNY) [email protected] 607 (777-4926) 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.
