This originally turned up on CINEMA-L (in response to a question of mine). ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has quite a nice collection of films on video in its library. The great majority of thes e don't circulate, and can only be watched in the library; but there is a core collection of a couple hundred classic films that do circulate. Faculty, staff, students, and local residents who apply for a UNC-CH library card can all use the collection. I don't know the legal ramifications of circulating copyrighted films (I'm not a librarian), but I'd imagine that educational institutions are granted a certain leeway, especially since they're not making a profit on this. (Peter, any comments on the film collection here?) --Penny