Cheers,
Beth
----- Original Message -----
From: Jessica <jesskino@redconnect.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2000 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: PAL to NTSC Conversions
> Sorry to sound like a broken record but YOU CAN"T tranfer formats without
> the copyright holder's permission. Just because an item does not come in
the
> most convenient format does not give you the right to transfer it. Many
> foreign films are released in PAL format before they reach the US. Kino
for
> instance is about to release TIME REGAINED by Raul Ruiz ( in theaters,
video
> will not come out till 2001). I expect it is already available in PAL in
the
> UK and would no doubt be a very hot item in the academic world but we
would
> be pretty upset if someone imported a PAL and transfered it. Professors
and
> students will just have to live with the inconvenience of PAL.
>
> Regards
>
> jessica rosner
> kino
> ----------
> >From: "Beth Hansen" <ehhan@conncoll.edu>
> >To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
> >Subject: PAL to NTSC Conversions
> >Date: Mon, May 15, 2000, 4:58 PM
> >
>
> >Greetings,
> > I know that VideoLib has discussed the copyright issues concerning
the
> >conversion of PAL (& other formats) to NTSC in the past. I am in the
> >process of developing our institutional copyright policies and have been
> >unable to locate the previous discussions in the VideoLib archives.
Help!
> >Does anyone have these discussions archived in their mailbox folders or
> >could we briefly revisit the topic?
> > Again, my apologies for the duplication! I really need a solid
position
> >on this one for when the language faculty come to call!
> > Cheers (and thanks!),
> > Beth
> >
> >Beth Hansen -- Media Acquisitions & Cataloging Librarian
> >Shain Library--Connecticut College
> >270 Mohegan Ave., New London, CT 06320-4196
> >ehhan@conncoll.edu e-mail
> >(860) 439-2681 (voice) ; (860) 439-2871 (fax)
> >
> >
>