I am not aware of any rights problem for either film but sometimes there can be issues with musicals or studios pull them for a time for reissue.In any event Swank must have the answers , they have both of the rights holders under contract. I assume they can license individual titles. Again there could be rights complications with music as that happens a lot.
Good luck On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Jeanne Little <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > I am slowly but surely exhausting my repertoire of places to possibly > locate streaming rights for two films we currently own in DVD format: > > "Kiss Me Kate" > Jack Cummings, producer; with Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, etc. > Warner Home Entertainment (Metro Goldwyn Mayer), c. 2003, 1953 > > "West Side Story" > Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins, directors; with Natalie Wood, > Richard Beymer, etc. > Mirisch Pictures, in association with Seven Arts productions, > Inc., c.2003, 1961 > > I know that streaming feature films is a stretch, but I have emails out to > Swank and Warner Brothers. No responses yet. I did see that it was > available digitally through various sources listed at "Can I Stream It", > but this request originated from a faculty who is teaching an online only > class and she is interested in 1-3 years streaming for her course. > > Any ideas, suggestions, or "you have to be kiddings" would be appreciated. > > Thanks, and happy weekend. > > Jeanne Little > -- > Rod Library - Room 250 > Collection Management & Special Services > University of Northern Iowa > Cedar Falls, IA 50614-3675 > 319-273-7255 > > 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.
