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Re: OT: Streaming

From	Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject	Re: OT: Streaming
Date	2025-01-10 11:57 -0500
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On 1/10/2025 11:23 AM, Chris wrote:

> 
>> Lots of libraries pay Hoopla but many don't want to pay Kanopy.
>> As a library patron I get to stream up to a certain limit per month.
>> But I've never come close to the limit because their selection
>> just isn't that good. And now, of course, it's not working at all.
> 
> Again, if libraries aren't paying, what do you expect?
> 

     You're being obtuse in your adversarialism. Hoopla
and Kanopy stream movies. Libraries set up accounts
with them and agree to pay for each movie streamed.
My library then tells me that I can stream X number of
movies per month. Each time I stream a movie, my
library pays. My taxes, in turn, pay the library costs.

    Many libraries don't pay because they regard the cost
as too much for the value, or for their budget. The patrons
of those libraries cannot stream movies. I have to sign up
using my library card ID.

  Capiche? Long story short, Kanopy is being paid if I
watch a movie. Yet they have no humans running the
operation, so there's no one I can ask when the movie
doesn't stream. They only pretend to offer support,
which is answered by software that tells the customer
to look at the help page. If the customer persists then
the software emails a copy of the help page troubleshooting
guide. The strange thing is that the software is designed
to pretend that a person is answering the email.

   This is part of the problem. I tried to watch a movie
and couldn't, but Kanopy will still be paid. From their point
of view I used part of my allotment and it's up to me
to actually watch it within the alloted time. Thus, I don't
want to keep trying without knowing the fix because it's
costing my library.

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OT: Streaming Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-05 23:21 -0500
  Re: OT: Streaming Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-06 08:36 -0500
    Re: OT: Streaming Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-06 10:45 -0500
      Re: OT: Streaming Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-06 18:38 -0500
        Re: OT: Streaming Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-06 19:33 -0500
        Re: OT: Streaming Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-08 12:14 -0500
          Re: OT: Streaming Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-08 13:58 -0500
          Re: OT: Streaming Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-08 14:02 -0500
            Re: OT: Streaming Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-08 14:51 -0500
              Re: OT: Streaming Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-08 18:16 -0500
              Re: OT: Streaming Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-09 22:27 +0000
                Re: OT: Streaming Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-09 22:12 -0500
                Re: OT: Streaming Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-10 16:23 +0000
                Re: OT: Streaming Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-10 11:57 -0500
                Re: OT: Streaming Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-01-10 17:12 +0000
              Re: OT: Streaming Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-09 19:37 -0500
                Re: OT: Streaming Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-09 22:18 -0500
                Re: OT: Streaming Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-09 23:12 -0500
                Re: OT: Streaming Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-10 09:17 -0500

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