Friday, September 12, 2014
Monday, September 8, 2014
Q: I need my online class students to watch "An inconvenient truth" documentary. It is available via Amazon and Netflix streaming for $3.99. How can we make it available to students without them spending money for a streaming service?
A: The question is related to copyright issues. There are educational licensing options
but they generally are too expensive or intended for public screening (http://www.swank.com) .
To check where movies are available, use CanIstreamit (http://www.canistream.it/).
There is FAQ article by Peggy Hoon that contains most answers to questions about using copyrighted works in your teaching: http://www.knowyourcopyrights.org/bm~doc/kycrfaq.pdf
Read answer 4, part 2. My conclusion it is to ask students to pay for a movie rent for the screening assignment because of a conflicting situation with TEACH Act obligations.
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