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PSA: How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card - pinkoos - 08-24-2017
This is pretty awesome...stream tons of movies (including many Criterion Collection films) for free using your public library card. Direct link to see if your library participates at the end of this post. Create an account, enter your library card # and you're set.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/watching/kanopy-criterion-collection-library-card.html
"Stream thousands of movies, including hundreds of Criterion Collection titles, for free? And all you need is a library card? Surely, it can’t be this simple, right?
It is. More than 200 public library systems in the United States have teamed up with the streaming platform Kanopy to bring some 30,000 movies to library cardholders, free of charge. Kanopy’s emphasis is on documentaries and international films, all of which can be streamed on your computer, through a Roku box or on iOS and Android phone apps."
https://www.kanopystreaming.com/wayf
Re: PSA: How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card - decay - 08-24-2017
My library doesn't, so I've sent a request.
Re: PSA: How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card - pinkoos - 08-24-2017
decay wrote:
My library doesn't, so I've sent a request.
Be sure you enter your general library system, not your specific branch name.
Re: PSA: How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card - vision63 - 08-24-2017
I've seen all of "The Naked City" episodes. Each one is like a noir film.
Re: PSA: How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card - NewtonMP2100 - 08-24-2017
.....as is the 'Naked Gun' series.....
Re: PSA: How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card - decay - 08-24-2017
pinkoos wrote:
[quote=decay]
My library doesn't, so I've sent a request.
Be sure you enter your general library system, not your specific branch name.
I searched by its name and used that. What's the system?
Re: PSA: How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card - pinkoos - 08-24-2017
I meant your general library system name.
For example, here in Houston, I searched for Harris county public library even though the local branch I use is called something else. My branch is part of the Harris County system.
decay wrote:
[quote=pinkoos]
[quote=decay]
My library doesn't, so I've sent a request.
Be sure you enter your general library system, not your specific branch name.
I searched by its name and used that. What's the system?
Re: PSA: How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card - decay - 08-24-2017
I think mine is its own entity.
https://www.lowermaclib.org/about-us/
Re: PSA: How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card - vision63 - 08-24-2017
NewtonMP2100 wrote:
.....as is the 'Naked Gun' series.....
Cool
Re: PSA: How to Stream Thousands of Free Movies Using Your Library Card - JoeH - 08-24-2017
Kanopy is definitely heavy on the documentaries, but some films available outside that category. I have had access through the university library where I work for the last few years. It is one of their more expensive electronic resources, there is a reason that many libraries do not subscribe or limit the number of films that can be watched.