Yes it can be a wildly fragmented situation with rights. I notice a number of videonews listings are for the PPR price only on films which one can get from the usual retail suspects for a fraction of the cost if you don't need PPR. Streaming rights which are I think far more desired by colleges are more complicated. Some can be bought for a fixed amount of time which can range from a semester to 10 years, others are available for lifetime rights ( though I still question some of those rights). I am hopeful that streaming on "educational" films (basically non fiction and usually but not always non theatrical) will get more standardized in pricing and availability but feature material particularly those owned by major rights holders is likely to be limited at least in terms of how long a streaming contract will last and they will never ever sell a title with PPR rights.
Jessica On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Randy Pitman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks. Actually, over half of the titles have PPR pricing listed. > Starting in November we began noting which titles had digital rights > available (when we knew), but we did not go back and retroactively check > earlier reviewed titles. Part of the problem with reviewing 250 titles in > each issue (and online for that period) is that you can’t really ask about > every title: does someone else, somewhere else in the known universe, have > some other rights to this title—other than the company that sent us the > title for review with very specific information? :) > > Best, > > Randy > > Randy Pitman > Publisher/Editor > Video Librarian > 3435 NE Nine Boulder Dr. > Poulsbo, WA 98370 > Tel: (360) 626-1259 > Fax (360) 626-1260 > E-mail: [email protected] > Web: www.videolibrarian.com > > *From:* Jessica Rosner <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:19 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Videolib] Video Librarian's Best Documentaries list > announce > > Nice list Randy. > Worth noting that the vast majority of the titles even those without a > price listed would be available with PPR is you asked and also most are > available for streaming usually but not always from the same company listed. > > Jessica > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Randy Pitman <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Just wanted to let you know that our Best Docs list for titles we >> reviewed in 2014 is now posted on our website. >> >> http://www.videolibrarian.com/bestof2014.html >> >> Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season with few thoughts about >> copyright law, streaming snafus, or censorship. >> >> Best, >> >> Randy >> >> Randy Pitman >> Publisher/Editor >> Video Librarian >> 3435 NE Nine Boulder Dr. >> Poulsbo, WA 98370 >> Tel: (360) 626-1259 >> Fax (360) 626-1260 >> E-mail: [email protected] >> Web: www.videolibrarian.com >> >> 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. >> >> > > -- > Jessica Rosner > Media Consultant > 224-545-3897 (cell) > 212-627-1785 (land line) > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > 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. > >
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.
