It has come up before. The Netflix terms of use contract forbids it. It has the home use only type of language. It is possible that this might be enforceable as a contract, though nothing in copyright law would forbid it.
Jessica On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Elizabeth Barksdale <[email protected]>wrote: > Does anyone have an library subscription to Netflix for faculty use? Is > that even possible and okay as far as copyright goes? > > Sorry if this has been discussed before, couldn't find it anywhere. > > Thanks! > Liz > > -- > Liz Barksdale > Director of Library and Media Services > Western Texas College > Snyder Texas > 325-574-7676 > [email protected] > > Coordinator, Ask Now Texas > www.asknowtexas.org > > > 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.
