FYI it is likely E1 has the rights holder info but sadly I find companies often not that helpful in looking these things up and passing them on
Jessica On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Jessica Rosner <[email protected]> wrote: > Um there is zero chance a film from 2004 or a German film is an "orphan > work". It is just a film that would be very hard to track down and probably > does not have a current US distributor with exhibition rights which is true > of I would guess 95% or more of films made outside the US. In this case the > film did have a distributor but again as if often the case those rights > expired and would have reverted back to the owner presumably in Europe. I > would try Variety or another source to find the producer/sales agent and > try to track down rights that way. > > Again the odds of the rights holder agreeing to a show on a film they > apparently do not have a current US distribution deal on are pretty remote > but no harm in trying. > > Orphan Films almost always refers to films made in the US since rights to > films made outside the US are in fact much more complicated per above.This > is just a recent foreign language film that is out of distribution but it > definitely is under copyright and is not an orphan work > > Jessica > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Lowell Lybarger <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Our library will host a film series in March and we still have a few that >> need PPR clearance. It appears that the German language "Im Juli" (In >> July, 2004) might be an orphan work if I understand this term this >> correctly. I contacted Kino Lorber who then sent me to Entertainment One. >> No luck thus far. >> >> Can our library still show the film without PPR clearance given that we >> tried to locate the rights holder? >> >> Lowell Lybarger >> >> 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] > -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) [email protected]
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