Gamers Struggle to Preserve Past. Thousands still long to play video game classics like Joust and Tempest. Unfortunately, the originals are becoming harder to find. Some are actually in danger of being lost forever. And the industry isn't willing to help preserve them. By Suneel Ratan. [Wired News]

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A Catalog of Independent Videos.

BuyIndies.com

"BuyIndies.com is a community to buy and sell movies on VHS, DVD, 16mm film, etc. BuyIndies.com offers buyers a wide selection of over 45,000 independent, educational and hard-to-find titles in a central location and sellers the opportunity to promote and sell their films to a national audience. BuyIndies.com, Inc. is a privately held corporation which was incorporated in 1999." [Thanks, Silus!]

This site is interesting because it's like the EMusic.com of video. What's even more intriguing, though, is that they offer special logins for schools and libraries and a parallel site for educators:

"BuyIndies.com has created a special mode for educational buyers (called "edu mode") to weed out all the consumer-only titles. This allows you to view only titles which are available for educational purchase which includes public performance rights. All searches and browses you do after turning the edu mode on will only call up educational titles. You can always click the "edu" at the top of the page to return here and turn it off."

Definitely worth a look.

[The Shifted Librarian]

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