[Web4lib] Downloadable movies (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Hill, Holly K CIV USA]

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Considerations
 -- Bandwidth. Unless you have a very large pipe, downloading movies can
take a very long time. And your other Internet connections will suffer,
as well. 

 -- Where would these movies be watched? Do you have a dedicated viewing
room with media computer, headphones or speakers? 

 -- Why not purchase DVDs?

We have enough problems with the few e-audio books we have through
Netlibrary and Overdrive. I can well imagine the headaches this
'service' would cause. And I bet that it would be a lot more expensive
than purchasing the DVDs. 

I have to say I'm curious as to why your library would even consider
doing this.

 
Holly Hill
Barr Memorial Library
Fort Knox, KY
502-624-5351
holly.k.hill at us.army.mil
www.knoxmwr.com
ICE (Interactive Customer Evaluation)

-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Janice Christopher
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:58 PM
To: d.fleishman at att.net; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] Downloadable movies

Dorothy --

Pay careful attention to what the sales guy says about licensing &
public performance rights. There might be weird limitations on how many
people can view the movie at one time, whether or not the library can
show it to a group that includes people who aren't users of PPL, whether
or not users can download the movie to a non-library computer and what
happens after they view it, that sort of thing. If the sales guy says
that the company has already dealt with all that via some umbrella
licensing agreement, and they have, that's great; but be paranoid, ask
tough questions and read the fine print very, very carefully.

janice
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Janice Christopher
Catalog Management Librarian
Univ. of Connecticut
860.486.2636
janice.christopher at uconn.edu
 



> -----Original Message-----
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> d.fleishman at att.net
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 1:17 PM
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> Subject: [Web4lib] Downloadable movies
> 
> 
> Does anyone have experience with downloadable movies in libraries? I 
> have a salesman coming this afternoon, and I would like to know what 
> problems, issues, etc, I should discuss with him. Any insight would be

> appreciated. TIA
> 
> Dorothy Fleishman
> Paramus Public Library
> d.fleishman at att.net
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