Mike
Excuse me for saying this but you took this way too personally. I 
understand that she is your friend and I'm sorry but English is not my 
native tongue. I did not mean to slander her, or humiliate her. On the 
contrary, I meant it as a complement. Sorry, my English is not so great. 
I am not shooting from the hips. I have produced cd's my self and 
distributed them MYSELF. It is hard work and it is possible. I was not 
the one that said that the minimum is 10,000 units nor did I say that 
they will end up in the 3$ bin. I did say that over here 500 is the 
minimum, although you would not get a great price on them. Jack Benny 
has enough of a following , myself included that will buy the dvd's. So 
forgive me for not thinking the idea of didstribution is so great. MY 
experience was so bad that I decided to distribute myself. I sell to a 
limited market, granted, but I make more profit that way. For Laurra 
that would mean more money  to do more for the fan club, for 
digitization, etc. I did not say she didn't supervise, I did not say she 
is just PR. I did say she know how to do PR well. Does that mean that I 
should be shot? Excuse me for giving someone a complement.
Shai

Michael Biel wrote:
> From: Shai Drori <[log in to unmask]>
>   
>> Why don't they distribute themselves? With the internet it's so
>> easy.  They have the material already so it's just a matter of
>> putting it on services like itunes or whatever. Making a DVD
>> is just as easy. In not States side so I'm not familiar with
>> the territory, but like the Bul Ives site that has all his
>> recordings for slae. Those that like Jack benny would find them.
>> A bit of press (Ms. Leff sounds like she know how to PR)
>> and that's that.my 2c  Shai
>>     
>
> Why do you say things like this just shooting from the hip without doing
> the MINIMUM amount of research of looking at Laura Leff's web site and
> seeing that making the programs available on DVD is EXACTLY what she
> does.  Instead of slandering her as just PR it would only have taken you
> maybe three minutes to have discover that she is doing exactly what you
> are accusing her of not knowing to do.  She distributes hundreds of his
> shows, including all of the NBC programs digitally transferred directly
> from the original 2-inch quad tape masters that she DID supervise their
> transfer as the official representative of the Benny family which owns
> the tapes and the rights.  She has published two books detailing every
> episode of the Benny shows and three newsletter compilations that are
> all so heavy they are difficult to pick up together.   She deserves your
> apology.  Research before you post accusations, even if it is just 2
> cents worth.  All you had to do was google "Jack Benny Fan Club" and go
> to http://www.jackbenny.org  .  
>
> Mike Biel  [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> Michael Biel wrote:
>   
>> There IS more to the story, but some of the things Stan Taffel's contact
>> at CBS told him were said out of self-admitted ignorance of the
>> situation. Last Sunday -- even before the web and press discussions
>> began -- I interviewed Laura Leff (a long time friend) on my regular
>> Sunday night (11:30PM Eastern) spot on YesterdayUSA.com about her
>> original message to her friends and members. Laura DID supervise the
>> transferring of NBC color programs at CBS because Laura paid for the
>> technical service of CBS to transfer the 2-inch quad tapes that are
>> owned by the Benny family. The Benny family owns the rights to those
>> NBC programs and fortunately had possession of the tapes. The Benny
>> family also owns the rights to the CBS films in questions and had sent
>> CBS written authorization for Laura to pay for the transfer of about 25
>> of the programs which CBS happened to have in its possession AFTER CBS
>> had given Laura the information that they had them and that they would
>> be available if she got the Benny family approval in writing -- which
>> she did. The family was and is enthusiastic about Laura's activities,
>> and her "fan club" is a 503C non-profit. She specifically asked CBS
>> during the year-long discussions on this if they would be acting faster
>> if she were a commercial operation instead of a non-profit, and they
>> said no. Laura and the family have also been trying to get a commercial
>> operation interested in distributing the programs like the Skelton and
>> Hope families have, but have not had any luck. If there is NOW a
>> company approaching CBS, they could have approached the Benny Family for
>> the past decade and gotten rights from them -- and that especially is
>> true for the color videotaped programs which fortunately are not
>> controlled by either NBC or CBS. Some of the comments on these message
>> boards approach libel. 
>>
>> Mike Biel [log in to unmask]
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] A little off topic CBS benches Jack Benny
>> From: "Richard L. Hess" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Wed, January 20, 2010 7:08 pm
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Please see the thread about "The truth about Jack Benny Preservation"
>> currently
>> http://lsv.uky.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A1=ind1001&L=amia-l#85 (but likely 
>> to change, I think.
>> It should always findable here:
>> http://lsv.uky.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A1=ind1001&L=amia-l )
>>
>> There is more to this than Laura Leff makes it out to be.
>>
>> There are other threads on the topic - look under "J" in the second
>> link.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> At 06:25 PM 2010-01-20, you wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/cbs_benches_jack_benny_n7b76Pou9inaGa1S9JqDxM 
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask]
>> Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX
>> Detailed contact information:
>> http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
>> Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.
>>
>>
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