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Many people who could be watching kanopy via a public library probably don't know it, more marketting would be helpful, from either libraries or kanopy. But...
by jrochkind1 4y ago
Many people who could be watching kanopy via a public library probably don't know it, more marketting would be helpful, from either libraries or kanopy.
But...
> Stream thousands of films for free, thanks to the generous support of your public library or university
Kanopy isn't non-profit is it? Either way, libraries and universities are paying fees to kanopy for licensed access. This is an odd way and potentially misleading way of putting it, "generous support". Will Elsevier start telling users they are getting "free access thanks to the generous support of your university" next, as if universities pay elsevier it's enormous fees out of "generosity"?
- blacksmith_tb 4y agoCertainly true, though presumably Kanopy in turn has to pay license holders for the films they offer? If it turned out they were gouging libraries I'd be incensed, but I would tend to think it's at least as likely the the studios and distribution companies are charging Kanopy a lot.
- jrochkind1 4y agoI'm just saying "generous support" makes sense as a word when it's NPR talking about donors, but is a weird word to describe the payments of your customers for a commercial service. Which makes me think they're trying to sound like they're NPR or something, when they are a commercial service. Universities and libraries don't pay for kanopy out of "generosity" or to "support" it -- it's a commercial service they subscribe to! I have no idea what profit margin Kanopy makes, which is I guess how we'd determine if it was "gouging"? I don't know from "gouging".
- mixmastamyk 4y agoLib pays a fee for each show you watch. Why they limit it.