Contract ( in this case Netflix terms of service) is always going to trump copyright but it seems to me that depending on number of titles a student would use in a semester or year it might make sense for schools to encourage and possibly subsize membership. There is nothing wrong with a instructor telling students to watch a film for class on their own account.
Not schilling for Netflix, I do not belong and have never streamed a film but it seems like something work looking into at least for students in film heavy courses On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Stanton, Kim <kim.stan...@unt.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > Is there any consensus on the legality of faculty using their own person > Netflix Streaming account in a face to face classroom situation. I have > always assumed it was fine. Access was legally acquired and would fall > under 110(1). > > > > Another support department on my campus is saying, no, it’s not legal > because Netflix’s terms of service trump 110. They are coming to this > conclusion based on advice from an inhouse article > <http://www.library.unt.edu/news/may-one-stream-netflix-video-class-use> > written by our Scholarly Communications Librarian. I never saw eye to eye > with this librarian on media related copyright issues, his interpretations > do not necessarily reflect those of the campus legal office AND he > recently left the university. So I’m trying to find something else solid > that addresses this issue. > > > > I flipped back through Ciara Healy’s Library Trends article, but it > doesn’t seem to address the copyright issue. Can anyone point me to > something? > > > > Thanks! > > Kim > > > > Kim Stanton > > Head, Media Library > > University of North Texas > > kim.stan...@unt.edu > > P:(940) 565-4832 > > > > 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.
