Dear Collective Wisdom, I am brand-new in my role as Copyright Librarian in our library. I am seeking clarification and any recent developments regarding “streaming licenses” for DVDs already owned by an institution.
As our institution begins to offer more distance education courses, I am beginning to receive requests to stream DVDs (already in our library collection) for students to access through our Course Management System (D2L). In my research, I have come across publishers’ websites who inform readers that a “streaming license” for DVDs purchased previously (even at the institutional rate) is required to provide access to our distance education students. The instance I am working on now involves a title published by California Newsreel: http://www.newsreel.org/streaming-license.asp At this point, I am wondering if I am missing something… These licensing fees nearly double the amount of the one-time purchase and do not provide any enhanced services (as we are required to encode digital streaming and store files at our institution). Can anyone clarify my understanding? I read Carrie Russell’s 2010 article from Library Trends regarding the state of this debate: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/library_trends/v058/58.3.russell.html Have there been any legal developments regarding this since Carrie’s publication in 2010? What policies have your libraries adopted regarding “streaming licensing” (of dvds already purchased and in your collection) for classroom/educational use? Anne Anne F. Rasmussen Continuing Resources and Copyright Librarian University of Wisconsin - Parkside 900 Wood Road Kenosha, WI 53141 (262) 595-2420 [email protected] [logo]<http://www.uwp.edu/> The information contained in this email message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and/or work product and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error. You are notified that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify me immediately by email, and delete the original message.
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