Meghann,
I saved the original posting. Here's the web address -
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/02/08/news/106042.txt.
Giving credit where it's due, this was provided by Matt Bailey of
Carleton College, on 2/8/06. I also saved the interesting follow-up
messages from Jessica Rosner and Dennis Doros.
Marilyn Huntley
At 09:56 AM 8/4/2006, you wrote:
>Hello everyone and happy Friday. I help run a committee that brings
>international films to campus for screening to students, faculty,
>and the general public. We purchase public performance rights so
>that we can do this. I've gotten an email from a faculty member at
>another University asking how we handle copyright; her institution
>had been showing films but were 'forced' to pay licensing fees or
>stop showing the films in public. I'm in the process of describing
>how we 'handle' these issues (we pay for the rights!), and I'm
>remembering a news article that I believe was posted to this
>listserv some time ago when a major distributor (New Yorker, I
>believe) started to crack down on unlicensed campus
>screenings. I've spent some time searching the VideoLib archives,
>Google News, and some other databases but am not having much luck in
>turning anything up. What I'd liked about this article is that it
>made a point that if colleges and universities want to support arts,
>they should provide funding to allow for film rentals and the
>purchase public performance rights, etc., and not just encourage
>faculty and students to flout copyright law. Does this ring a bell
>for anyone? Does anyone have a link or a citation to share?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>*************************
>Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
>Senior Assistant Librarian
>Instructional Media Collection Department
>Morris Library, University of Delaware
>181 S. College Ave.
>Newark, DE 19717
>(302) 831-1475
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Marilyn B. Huntley, Audiovisual Assistant:
Film scheduling, rentals, licensing & previews
A-V Services, 408 C. A. Johnson Hall
Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Rd., Clinton, NY 13323
Phone 315-859-4120; Fax 315-859-4687
e-mail mhuntley@hamilton.edu
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Meghann,
Hello everyone and happy Friday. I help run a committee that brings international films to campus for screening to students, faculty, and the general public. We purchase public performance rights so that we can do this. I've gotten an email from a faculty member at another University asking how we handle copyright; her institution had been showing films but were 'forced' to pay licensing fees or stop showing the films in public. I'm in the process of describing how we 'handle' these issues (we pay for the rights!), and I'm remembering a news article that I believe was posted to this listserv some time ago when a major distributor (New Yorker, I believe) started to crack down on unlicensed campus screenings. I've spent some time searching the VideoLib archives, Google News, and some other databases but am not having much luck in turning anything up. What I'd liked about this article is that it made a point that if colleges and universities want to support arts, they should provide funding to allow for film rentals and the purchase public performance rights, etc., and not just encourage faculty and students to flout copyright law. Does this ring a bell for anyone? Does anyone have a link or a citation to share?
Thanks in advance,
************************* Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. Senior Assistant Librarian Instructional Media Collection Department Morris Library, University of Delaware 181 S. College Ave. Newark, DE 19717 (302) 831-1475
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