-- Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 jrosner@kino.com> From: Margery May <mmay@mail.wesleyan.edu> > Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 08:08:05 -0700 (PDT) > To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> > Subject: Re: pirated copy alert (was: Re: Two Russian films) > > Soooo,,,,I'm guessing you don't think I should order Barak from them... ;-) > > MM > > At 06:20 AM 6/14/02 -0700, you wrote: >> YIKES >> Karen >> KRUPNYI PLAN is the BIGGEST PIRATE IN THAT I KNOW OF. They have been ripping >> off Russian films ( and Hollywood films) for nearly two decades. Despite >> having lost legal judgements in Europe and the US , the continue to operate >> especially on the net. Mosfilm which DID make some deals with them a long >> time ago has been TRYING to shut them down. Jove films which is a US >> representative for many Mosfilm titles has been hauling them into to court >> for many years and has won as yet unpaid judgements. The man who runs the >> place is a mobster who has been convicted of WHITE SLAVERY (no I am NOT >> kidding) He was recently convicted on CRIMINAL piracy charges stemming from >> an FBI raid on his US operations in Brooklyn. His sentencing comes up in the >> fall and I actually had to write a letter to the Parole Division to explain >> the financial damage he caused Kino by ripping off nearly every Russian film >> we sell ( and telling me he worked for a Russian Senior Citizens Center) >> He has asked the Government to wave the conviction and he will use his >> Russian Mob contacts to catch Osama Bin Laden ( Again I am NOT making this >> up) >> >> If any of you have dealings with them and have current info on listings etc >> let me know and I will pass it along to both Jove films and Parole Division >> >> Jessica >> -- >> Jessica Rosner >> Kino International >> 333 W 39th St. 503 >> NY NY 10018 >> jrosner@kino.com >> >>> From: Karen Gorss Benko <Karen.Gorss.Benko@williams.edu> >>> Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu >>> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 05:16:35 -0700 (PDT) >>> To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> >>> Subject: pirated copy alert (was: Re: Two Russian films) >>> >>> Rbcmp3.com is a rich source of inexpensive videos, and they deliver >> fast. The >>> only trouble is that in at least three cases, what they have delivered >> to us >>> were >>> pirated videos. I know of another librarian who ordered from them *after* >>> calling >>> on the phone to make sure their wares were legal and receiving >> assurances that >>> they were--and received a video that was obviously pirated, with no >> attempt to >>> hide it. >>> >>> I will offer a caveat to the effect that they have now added Krupnyi Plan >>> titles >>> to their web catalog, and as far as I know, KP offers only legal >> materials, so >>> maybe a change is afoot at rbcmp3. >>> >>> Karen >>> >>> "Delin, Peter" wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Margery, >>>> >>>> Barak (Ogorodnikov, 1999) is available here (without english >>>> subtitles!): >>>> http://www.rbcmp3.com/store/product.asp?dept%5Fid=3001&sku=20528 >>> >>> -- >>> Karen Gorss Benko >>> Catalog Librarian and Russian liaison >>> Williams College >>> Williamstown, Massachusetts >>> kbenko@williams.edu >>> >>> > > Margery L. May > Acquisitions Administrator > Wesleyan University Library > Acquisitions Department > Olin Memorial Library > Middletown, CT 06459 > 860-685-3834 > mmay@wesleyan.edu >