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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:black;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:white">As many librarians and educators are aware, more and more video is being released to
consumer platforms without an option for libraries or schools to license or purchase access.
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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt;color:black;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;color:rgb(32, 31, 30);background-color:white">Please see the Open Letter / Petition that Video Trust and the Film & Video Round Table
of the American Libraries Association jointly created regarding institutional access to video licensing here: <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fchng.it%2FmwhZnqMwxy&data=04%7C01%7Cerin.dewitt-miller%40unt.edu%7Cca7d9278367c41fafa6b08d92b732ef1%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C1%7C637588595972734498%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=BfPbB5usezqG1pbWOlxoy7Mj46P5GA9kCOusirnHcoE%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="http://chng.it/mwhZnqMwxy" shash="j4MtmVwdXBxjhmJkMliw76rnhfh4bD7rBhem9uxnfWaS1Dy1+O/T20sfjxY7WoHvSpPjpZUX3PF5WZLggPHVrCHBXmVZJUe3x4m32kbAgvFxxZRmBxXfPMHEsJOspCJIddXcHbvOtZk7Lb5QmILPdgonHTDe3VLAqKygLXUEAok=" title="" data-linkindex="0" style="margin:0px">http://chng.it/mwhZnqMwxy</a>. </span></span></div>
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open letter is directed to all video distributors who release content via online platforms that do not provide purchasing options for libraries including but not limited to Amazon, Netflix, and a variety of media channels such as Hulu, HBO, YouTube, and many
others.</span></span><span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11.25pt; font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(32, 31, 30); display: inline !important; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> Distributors not
providing institutional licensing limits libraries' and educators' ability to provide access to and teach with many great films and documentaries. This has a detrimental impact on students and other library patrons. All those impacted by this limitation -
including libraries, media and other librarians, faculty and teachers, students, organizations, educational video distributors, and more - are invited to sign to show the importance of this issue. </span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:20px;font-family:"Change Calibre", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, sans-serif;color:rgb(54, 49, 53);display:inline !important"> </span><br>
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<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(111, 192, 64)">Erin DeWitt-Miller</span><br>
<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(111, 192, 64)">University of North Texas</span></div>
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<span style="margin:0px;color:rgb(111, 192, 64)">Head, Media & Discovery Park Libraries<br>
Chair, Video Trust</span></div>
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