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Lincoln - Fetching Pictures <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 3 Oct 1996 18:44:00 GMT
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Dear Jonathan,
 
On Wed, 2 Oct 1996 14:47:04 -0400, Jonathan Miller <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
 
>And how can you as a distributor responsible, I assume, for looking
>after the interests and rights of producers whose films you distribute,
>not make a judgement about "bootleged" - illegal, pirated - copies of
>important films? Are you saying that maybe its ok to pirate a tape of a
>European film, unless Kino (or another American company?) is
>distributing it?
 
dekalog poses a unique situation wherein the film is not available in
north america because the folx who own the rights do not want it to
be. or at least this is my impression.
 
>
>There are plenty of companies in England and other countries (HMV, for
>instance), who will sell legitimate copies of almost any film (including
>those under discussion here)to anyone with a credit card.
 
actually, to my knowledge, there is no difference between someone
making a dub of the pal copy that someone here owns the rights to and
someone buying a pal copy from the pal distributor. both acts are
illegal in that the pal rights owners do not legally have the right to
sell videos in north america as they have not bought the north
american rights.
 
>IF someone wants the Dekalog, they can buy it (in a nice boxed set, for
>about $20 or so per tape).
 
i bought a copy of dekalog in australia and it cost me $120 canadian.
dont know where you get the $20 figure from.
 
>Shouldn't you be recommending that people do
>that, and respect the rights of the producer, the filmmakers (and their
>estates), and the distributors (like Kino) who have legitamtely aquired
>distribution rights to particular films, and invested in their
>promotion, marketing, and distribution?
 
who exactly has invested in the marketing and distrubution and
promotion of dekalog in north america?
 
thanks,
 
L.
Lincoln Stewart
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Fetching Pictures. The video label you can subscribe to.
http://www.fetching.com/
Video/Film submissions always welcome. Guerrilla Distribution.
 
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