[LM_NET] Tar: eVideon video service

[Kimberly Blunt <bluntk@CHARTERMI.NET>]

Dear LM Netters,  

I have heard that the district I work for is going to be using eVideon for 
distributing videos throughout our district through our network.  We currently have 
another video distribution system that we use to encode and stream videos and play 
vhs and dvds through. Is anyone else using eVideon and do you have any information 
that you can share about working about them?  

Second, they are telling us that we can digitize all of our video collection so 
that all of our titles will be encoded for streaming through the system, their 
system can limit how many "copies" are played at one time but I'm still concerned 
about the copyright issues of encoding the videos.  Has anyone else had experience 
with this?  If a system can limit the number of users for a title is it legal to 
digitize a copy of the tapes and dvds?

Third, has anyone had any experience with PowerMediaPlus for streaming content?  

Thank you,


Kimberly Blunt
Media Specialist
Rockford Freshman Center
616.863.6349 ext. 7508
http://www.rockfordschools.org/rfc/library/ 
bluntk@chartermi.net

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