The statute for streaming video for distance learning is here: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/110

What I take from this is that you can stream a copy of this movie for students but it has to be a legally obtained copy of the movie and only viewable by our students. Our first choice will always be something like Hoopla or Classroom Videos on Demand, etc. But when those are not an option, how can we handle showing movies directly related to curriculum via distance learning?

I have a few thoughts:

This would mean we can not make a copy and put it in Google Drive and show it to students because they would then be able to download it or copy it
Technically, they could always make a copy of a video using a screen capture - but I don't know if we are held to that standard by copyright law. If we provided in a non-downloadable form, have we done our due diligence?
Can we arrange several "live showings" via a screen shared Google Meet or Zoom? That seems like it might meet these criteria.

Has anyone addressed this problem yet in these unique times?

Jennifer Rocca
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