Oksana
At 01:19 PM 6/2/00 -0700, you wrote:
>If you bought Jamaica Inn from Facets it was hopefully our good copy . In
>any case it is not the copyright you need to worry about but the quality. I
>took another look at " the Hitchock collection"
>It is something like Seven features for $30 bucks. I could be wrong but I
>would not expect much at that price. Kino specializes in putting out really
>great copies of many public domain titles but it costs money for good
>quality. I am always frustrated when people balk that our tapes and now
>DVD's cost $5 or $10 more than some crappy copy. I actually did not know
>there were horrid DVD's out there until I started to hear about Mandacy and
>others. Just remember if it sounds too good or too cheap to be true, it
>probably is a rotten copy
>----------
>>From: Judy Jones <judyjones@csus.edu>
>>To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
>>Subject: RE: Alfred Hitchcock Collection I and II
>>Date: Fri, Jun 2, 2000, 8:02 PM
>>
>
>>We bought a large number of titles, including Jamaica Inn, from Facets. I
>>don't know about marketing them as I and II, but most of the early ones are
>>British. Far as I can tell no copyright as broken in purchasing these
>>titles.
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jessica [mailto:jesskino@redconnect.net]
>>Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 11:13 AM
>>To: Multiple recipients of list
>>Subject: Re: Alfred Hitchcock Collection I and II
>>
>>
>>I would be very leery of "volume 1) It is all bootlegs of films which are
>>fully copyrighted under
>>GATT. I actually noticed one of the titles we licence ( Jamaica Inn) listed
>>so I just passed this on to the right's holder. I am not actually suggesting
>>you should worry about the copyright as that is a right's holders problem
>>but from experience much of this stuff is JUNK. I know nothing about this
>>particular disc or company ( laserlight) but DON"T assume that because it is
>>on DVD it is good quality
>>There is a company called Mandacy that puts out titles so wretched that are
>>actually WORSE than the bad videos. As always buyer beware when dealing with
>>these companies
>>
>>Jessica Rosner
>>Kino
>>----------
>>>From: Diane Sybeldon <ac7255@wayne.edu>
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
>>>Subject: Alfred Hitchcock Collection I and II
>>>Date: Fri, Jun 2, 2000, 4:52 PM
>>>
>>
>>>Does anyone know of a distributor for the
>>>Alfred Hitchcock Collection I and II (DVD)?
>>>(Not to be confused with the Alfred Hitchcock Collection
>>>which Movies Unlimited carries.)
>>>Amazon.com has "I" and "II" but I can't use credit-card-only vendors.
>>>Thanks -
>>>Diane
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>>>Diane Sybeldon
>>>Instruction/Media Librarian
>>>David Adamany Undergraduate Library
>>>Wayne State University
>>>Detroit, Michigan 48202
>>>(313) 577-4480 (voice)
>>>(313) 577-5265 (fax)
>>>ac7255@wayne.edu (email)
>>>************************************
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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