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Bill Introduced to Make Streaming a Criminal Offense
Senators Amy Klobuchar, John Cornyn, and Christopher Coons have introduced a bill amending Copyright Act by making public performance of [infringed] media a criminal offense, in addition to the current civil penalties. There are provisions within the amendment that would especially apply to electronic contexts. See Bill full text.See Techdirt story.
Continue reading300+ Free movies Online: Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns…
Where to watch free movies online? This may be too good to be true, but it appears to be a site attempting to be a gateway to legitimate streams of feature films online. OpenCulture.com has put together a list of 300+ quality films that you can watch online. The collection is divided into the following […]
Continue readingNew Streaming Video Collection – Media Education Foundation
Media Services now has streaming video versions of 43 of the best documentaries from Media Education Foundation. This makes them available to watch for AU students and faculty, directly from the ALADIN catalog. Media Services also has DVD or VHS copies of all of these as well as over 60 other MEF titles. MEF is […]
Continue readingBig surprise. Online video viewing up from last year
From MediaPost.com:“According to a recent release by Nielsen, online video usage in the U.S. is up considerably from the same time last year, as time spent viewing video on PC/Mac/laptops from home and work locations increased by 45%. Although the number of unique online video viewers only increased by 3.1% from last January, level of […]
Continue readingCriterion Collection Now Streaming on Hulu Plus
Hulu announced today that they will now be streaming films in the Criterion Collection through Hulu Plus for only $7.99/month. These fils will include the cool special features often found on Criterion Collection DVDs. Read Hulu’s announcement here. Hulu has created a page where one can easily browse the titles that are currently streaming. http://www.hulu.com/criterionSoon […]
Continue readingNetflix at a crossroads. The costs of mailing DVDs vs. streaming content.
Netflix is offering streaming-only service in Canada and they’re starting to heavily push that option in the US. Whether they can ramp up the selection of streaming titles without raising subscription costs precipitously is a big question. Will instant access trump the loss in quality and occasional network glitches inherent in streaming video? Will a […]
Continue readingKen Burns and Films on Demand
As an AU student, staff, or faculty member there are thousands of titles available to stream on Films on Demand. Ken Burns has many great ones that can be found by doing an advanced keyword search for “ken burns” in the Films on Demand database. Some of these titles are also available on VHS or […]
Continue readingTwo Cool Sources for Streaming Video
EVIA Digital Archive Project – Ethnographic Video for Instruction & Analysis Collaborative endeavor to create a digital archive of ethnographic field video for use by scholars and instructors. Funded since 2001 by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with significant contributions from Indiana University and the University of Michigan, the Project has been developed through the […]
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