...and ya gotta keep firmly in mind that Swank licenses for access by specific courses for a specified amount of time. I may be a voice shrek-ing in the wildness, but I simply can't support that kind of circumscribed/limited access by the library (at least my library).
gary > Prohibitively expensive is just like saying impossible on my campus. I > just searched Swank's website and they did not have any of the titles. > Thanks for the back up. Coming up on ten years doing this work and I am > now starting to think of myself as moderately knowledgeable. > regards > jhs > > > John H. Streepy > Media Services Supervisor > Library-Media Circulation > James E. Brooks Library > Central Washington University > 400 East University Way > Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548 > > (509) 963-2861 > http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media > > "Hand to hand combat just goes with the territory. > All part of being a librarian" -- James Turner "Rex Libris" > > Transitus profusum est nocens! > > > > >>>> Jessica Rosner <jessicapros...@gmail.com> 5/5/2011 12:44 PM >>> > Depending on the film obtaining streaming rights should not be impossible > though it could be prohibitively expensive. It really depends on the > titles. > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:37 PM, John Streepy > <john.stre...@cwu.edu> > > wrote: > > > Hello all, > I am 99.9% positive I gave a faculty member the correct response to his > request but I thought I would verify with the CW of this august body. > > > The professor is teaching an entirely online course and wants to stream a > few full length feature films for the students. These films would only be > accessible though a closed password encrypted system. I informed him that > at best he could steam a clip or two (for that is protected both by fair > use and the TEACH Act) but digitizing and streaming a full feature film > would violate copyright. I then informed him that obtaining streaming > rights for feature films is next to impossible. Did I give this professor > correct information? > > > thanks > > > jhs > > John H. Streepy > Media Services Supervisor > Library-Media Circulation > James E. Brooks Library > Central Washington University > 400 East University Way > Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548 > > (509) 963-2861 > http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media > > "Hand to hand combat just goes with the territory. > All part of being a librarian" -- James Turner "Rex Libris" > > Transitus profusum est nocens! > > > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > > > > > > -- > Jessica Rosner > Media Consultant > 224-545-3897 (cell) > 212-627-1785 (land line) > jessicapros...@gmail.com > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
