Re: [Videolib] streaming internationally
Hi Rhonda, Great question! Does your library have the students access the film via the libraries website or the Course Management System? In other words, the students have to authenticate through your university site? I haven't had heard of any problems with Distance Education students here or at other colleges accessing films this way, but that doesn't mean there haven't been problems. Let me/us know so we can keep researching this. It is going to be an issue in distance education. Best wishes, Laura Laura Jenemann Film Studies/Media Services Librarian George Mason University 703-993-7593 ljene...@gmu.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rosen, Rhonda Sent: Monday, February 10, 2014 7:54 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] streaming internationally Hi all, So I have a faculty member who is teaching a study abroad class in Germany, and asked if we could stream videos for him to use there... Two possible stupid questions, 1. Do all of you vendors stream internationally - are there possible bandwith/networking problems anywhere? 2. Is there any copyright problems if we want to stream films that are going to be used in Europe? Thanks for any help, rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Circulation Services Librarian William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu|mailto:rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ 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.
Re: [Videolib] streaming internationally
Hi Rhonda, Technically anyone can stream internationally. If the stream is coming from a single server (single location) in the US, the stream is much more subject to Internet congestion and other factors that impact quality than a company who's content is hosted by a CDN (Content Delivery Network) that has the content copied on servers around the world. Typically the shorter the delivery distance the more reliable the signal. So the first question to the vendor is how they are hosting. The second question would be rights. It is quite possible a vendor has worldwide rights either because it is their own production, they negotiated those rights up front or they seek a one off exemption for you. The study abroad question becomes murky as Jessica points out. My humble opinion is if a student is enrolled on a US campus and they want to watch a program in their apartment off campus, their parent's home in another state or in another country they are studying in, it would be legal streamed or if they carried a DVD with them. If a school has a foreign branch and they want to license rights for that foreign branch, then the vendor would have to have international rights. My 2 cent interpretation. Hope that helps, Bob Robert A. Norris Managing Director Film Ideas, Inc. Phone: (847) 419-0255 Email: b...@filmideas.com Web:www.filmideas.com On Feb 11, 2014, at 8:08 AM, videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu wrote: From: Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu Date: February 10, 2014 6:53:31 PM CST To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] streaming internationally Reply-To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Hi all, So I have a faculty member who is teaching a study abroad class in Germany, and asked if we could stream videos for him to use there… Two possible stupid questions, 1. Do all of you vendors stream internationally – are there possible bandwith/networking problems anywhere? 2. Is there any copyright problems if we want to stream films that are going to be used in Europe? Thanks for any help, rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Circulation Services Librarian 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.
[Videolib] streaming internationally
Hi all, So I have a faculty member who is teaching a study abroad class in Germany, and asked if we could stream videos for him to use there... Two possible stupid questions, 1. Do all of you vendors stream internationally - are there possible bandwith/networking problems anywhere? 2. Is there any copyright problems if we want to stream films that are going to be used in Europe? Thanks for any help, rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Circulation Services Librarian William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ 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.
Re: [Videolib] streaming internationally
I doubt any vender streams internationally. Some have precense in other countries but they would likely have to stream FROM that country. I think this is going to be a NIGHTMARE issue for vendors/distributors. Nearly all contracts cover only a specific geography and they would violating their contracts if they ever allowed one of their films to stream or be accessed outside the US. For ficton feature films there is pretty much ZERO chance you can obtain rights or a US company can help. There might be two possibilities with non fiction material but almost only if the filmmaker is from the US. It would be possible for a distributor to contact one of their filmmakers and ask, it would of course depend on if they ( the filmmaker) had made a deal overseas. There would almost surely be a separate fee. One off the wall possibility that MIGHT give you some wiggle room would be if you could stream the film ONLY DIRECTLY into a specific classroom at a specific time and if the students watching were students from your campus studying abroad. To be honest it would still violate almost any contract but you might try to say that the classroom is academic equivalent of an embassy . Again it would have to be limited to a specific classroom with US based students studying abroad but it is worth a try. Bottom line is that if you need to stream overseas it is like starting from scratch and you will have to research who owns those rights and if it is feasible to do. On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu wrote: Hi all, So I have a faculty member who is teaching a study abroad class in Germany, and asked if we could stream videos for him to use there... Two possible stupid questions, 1. Do all of you vendors stream internationally - are there possible bandwith/networking problems anywhere? 2. Is there any copyright problems if we want to stream films that are going to be used in Europe? Thanks for any help, rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Circulation Services Librarian William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu 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. 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.
