From: Pamela Puryear <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:26:09 -0500 If you search on the site for the video, "The Botany of Desire," I believe you'll receive a message saying this Canadian video has been blocked on this site for copyright reasons. Pamela E. Puryear, MA, MLS, CCRM NCARS Resource Manager North Carolina Agricultural Research Service (NCARS) College of Agriculture & Life Sciences North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-7643 [log in to unmask] http://harvest.cals.ncsu.edu/ncars/ https://twitter.com/#!/CALSResearch http://www.scoop.it/t/research-from-the-nc-agricultural-research-service On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:56 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: "Hamaker, Charles" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:08:35 +0000 > > We've had some faculty discover the website of DocuWatch and are > asking about how legal it is to use it in classroom settings, course > management systems, syllabi, etc. Does anyone know if DocuWatch has > the rights to stream the videos they provide? We can't find anything > on the web about the site other than mostly hype about the titles. > Any information would be helpful in evaluating the legality of the > videos they are providing. > > They specialize in documentaries, including PBS station content not > available via streaming video from other sources. The lack of critical > commentary or mention from any source that might provide insight into > its legitimacy via a standard google search is notable. > > What is the general feeling about just linking to a web site of > unknown copyright legality? Or displaying video from an online source > without knowing about its legality, in an institutional setting for > educational purposes? > > Thanks > Chuck Hamaker