[CASL-L] Discover DEVOS Video Server & Streamsie Encoder Feedback

[Barbara Lyons]

Jennifer- thanks, we have been asking them for specifics and not getting an
answer.  I was leaning in your direction! -Barb

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Rocca, Jennifer <roccaj at brookfieldps.org>
wrote:

> The act of digitizing a DVD violates the copyright protection on the DVD
> (unless purchase of the device grants you that provision - and it doesn't
> usually).
>
> Even if you are limiting it to a single user, you did not purchase a
> digital copy of the movie so giving teacher access to a digital copy is a
> violation.
>
> I would love for this to work - but we did not put any videos on this
> server because of the copyright violation aspect.  When we asked DEVOS
> about this they said, "We just provide the hardware to make this happen.
> What you do with it is up to you."
>
> If there's a better legal answer, I don't yet know what it is.
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Barbara Lyons <lyonsb at wiltonps.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Good morning all- I am reaching out to find other schools who are using
>> the Wallingford, CT Discovery DEVOS Video Server and Streamsie Encoder.
>> Our district has a contract with the company, and we are being told that
>> we may legally upload our DVD collection to the server in order to stream
>> (there is the capability, we are told, to limit viewing to one classroom at
>> a time, which should "satisfy fair use requirements").
>>
>> We are skeptical, and wondering if anyone out there has had this
>> experience.  TIA! -Barb Lyons
>>
>> p.s there are other services out there, such a PLEX media server:
>> "Plex allows you to aggregate all your personal media and access it
>> anywhere you go. Enjoy your own media on all your devices with the Plex Media
>> Server."  I contacted them and received this response:
>> "we have many schools using Plex!. The only thing that you need to be
>> clear on is that we don't know what you will be storing/streaming -- so, it
>> is up to you to make sure have the rights to do so (being a library,
>> though, my guess is that you have a pretty good idea what rights you
>> have!)."
>> --
>> *Barbara Lyons*
>> *Library Media Specialist*
>> *Wilton High School*
>> *lyonsb at wiltonps.org <lyonsb at wiltonps.org>*
>> (203) 762-0381 x6288
>>
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>
>
> --
>
> Jennifer Rocca
> BHS Teacher Librarian
> 203-775-7725 x-7775
>



-- 
*Barbara Lyons*
*Library Media Specialist*
*Wilton High School*
*lyonsb at wiltonps.org <lyonsb at wiltonps.org>*
(203) 762-0381 x6288

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