Just wanted to thank all those who provided their thoughts on this question. The accessibility comments are also exceedingly welcome, so no worries about thread hijacking. :-)
It's a lot to chew on, and while it's hard for me to picture a world where we totally move away from YouTube (like Google, Facebook, [insert name of giant tech platform here], it's where the most eyeballs are...), it's sounding like private hosting also has some advantages of its own. I will share all your thoughts with my colleagues and we'll see where we go from here! If others have additional/different/similar thoughts, please consider sending those my way. Thanks! Ellice ................................................. Ellice Engdahl, PMP Manager, Digital Collections & Content P: 313.982.6005 E: elli...@thehenryford.org<mailto:elli...@thehenryford.org> ................................................. From: Ellice Engdahl Sent: Monday, October 14, 2019 9:28 AM To: mcn-l@mcn.edu Subject: Video hosting question Hello, all, While we have plenty of "modern" video out on YouTube, we currently host most our historic and collections-item videos (e.g. oral history video clips) on a private streaming platform. We don't use much of the functionality provided by the private platform, so the question has come up whether YouTube would meet our needs as a player. Some questions/potential concerns that have passed through my head: 1. Are there potentially different copyright implications to private hosting than to YouTube? What if we made the YouTube videos unlisted so we were simply using it as a player? 2. Has anyone had (or is/was concerned about having) historic video challenged or taken down as in violation of YouTube's community standards? Can anyone weigh in on these? And are there other issues to contemplate that I am missing? If the people at your institution who would make such decisions are not on the MCN listserv, I'd love it if you'd pass this along to them-I will take any and all input, on- or off-list. If you've chosen to use a private streaming service in addition to or instead of YouTube, I'd be interested to know what additional value you think it brings. Thanks! ................................................. Gain Perspective. Get Inspired. Make History. Ellice Engdahl, PMP Manager, Digital Collections & Content P: 313.982.6005 E: elli...@thehenryford.org<mailto:elli...@thehenryford.org> www.thehenryford.org<http://www.thehenryford.org> ................................................. The Henry Ford 20900 Oakwood Boulevard Dearborn, MI 48124 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
