-- Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 jrosner@kino.com 212-629-6880> From: "Jed Horovitz" <JedH@internetvideoarchive.com> > Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 09:21:46 -0400 > To: <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> > Subject: RE: [Videolib] Public performance rights question > > Jessica, > I am sure you are correct on the history of collecting movies. Not every > film is under copyright and even some that are have waived PPR for various > intentional and unintentional reasons. I still think this needs to be > addressed on a movie by movie basis and one should not assume that something > is not permitted unless it is specifically so stated. This is the > anti-thesis of a free society. It is in fact the basic rule of a > totalitarian one. > Jed > > -----Original Message----- > From: videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu > [mailto:videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu]On Behalf Of Jessica > Rosner > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 6:07 PM > To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Public performance rights question > > > Virtually no copyrighted 16mm films were sold with any kind of unlimited or > transferable public performance rights. Prints were sold over the years > by companies representing studios to libraries and Universities but these > prints were with rights for showing ONLY at the place that purchased them > ( which in some cases might include a whole system of libraries) they would > not transfer to an individual ( Also they were supposed to be returned at > the end of o contract but there was not all that much follow up in some > cases) Frankly it much more likely that the private collector got his > prints from a TV station as this was a more common source > > Bottom line there would be NO LEGAL right to project a film still under > copyright and under circumstances described Library would have legal > liability for doing this. It is possible to "clear" the screenings via > current rights holder but it would probably be expensive > -- > Jessica Rosner > Kino International > 333 W 39th St. 503 > NY NY 10018 > jrosner@kino.com > 212-629-6880 > >> From: "Barbara Rhodes, Media Consultant, Northeast Texas" >> <medialibrarybird@earthlink.net> >> Reply-To: "Barbara Rhodes, Media Consultant, Northeast Texas" >> <medialibrarybird@earthlink.net>, videolib@library.berkeley.edu >> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:55:36 -0500 (GMT-05:00) >> To: Videolib list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> >> Subject: [Videolib] Public performance rights question >> >> I suspect I know the answer to this question, but I told the librarian who >> asked me that I would submit it to the combined copyright expertise on > this >> list for additional feedback. The public library in question has a > patron >> who has offered to show 16mm film "classics" from his personal collection > at >> the library and conduct a film discussion group. The librarian does not > know >> what the exact origins of this collection are and has no idea if any > public >> performance copyright fees were paid on the material. She and I both > think >> that the collector has bought these from a variety of sources over time > and >> therefore, probably has no specific PPR permissions. On the other hand, > the >> materials are in 16mm, a presentation format, so once upon a time the > titles >> may well have had PPR attached. >> >> My first reaction was to advise her against using the films in the library >> meeting room--what do you folks think? >> >> Thanks for you counsel. >> >> Barbara Rhodes >> Media Consultant >> Northeast Texas Library System >> _______________________________________________ >> Videolib mailing list >> Videolib@library.berkeley.edu >> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/videolib > > _______________________________________________ > Videolib mailing list > Videolib@library.berkeley.edu > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/videolib > > _______________________________________________ > Videolib mailing list > Videolib@library.berkeley.edu > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/videolib