Indieflix has quite a few shorts. And is a cheap individual subscription. I've 
found films there that weren't available elsewhere. Ditto for Amazon Instant 
Video and Vimeo. https://www.indieflix.com/
 
Since the class is completely online, I'd look to Fair Use vs the TEACH Act. 
Since it's a film studies class, they are doing criticism and analysis. 

Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State 
University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu


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From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Maureen Tripp
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 8:25 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] using short films for an online class

A faculty member will be teaching an online class on the short film, and wants 
to use (obviously) a bunch of short films as part of the class.  Meaning she 
wants to post them online.
We have many of the films as part of DVD collections we've purchased--for 
example, Academy Award Nomanated Short Films, or Best of Resfest.
It's my understanding that these films are complete works, and therefore can't 
be used in their entirety online.
But it's proving very difficult to find out who owns the rights to all these 
films--is there any possibility that I'm wrong, and that, as portions of a 
collection, a case could be made that using them online is like using parts of 
a complete work?
help me, collective wisdom . . .
Maureen

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