Copyright for Educators: Media Resources

Be sure to review the terms of use! Streaming services often have restrictions on how an account can be used and what can be shown publicly with their services. 

Kanopy: Kanopy allows for public showings of films as long as no profits are made from the screening. Anything available on Kanopy is free to use in the classroom. Browse available movies on the Kanopy home page.

Netflix: Netflix does allow for certain of their documentaries to be used in a classroom setting. These titles will have a Grant of Permission for Educational Screenings on their details page. You can find more information, and what see what that looks like on the Netflix Educational Screenings of Documentaries page. Anything without this grant of permission should not be used in the classroom.

Hulu and Amazon Prime: Both Hulu and Amazon Prime have in their terms of service that use is restricted to "personal, non-commercial" purposes (section 3.c of Hulu's subscriber agreement and section 4.h of Amazon Prime's video terms of use). Using either of these in the classroom would be non-commercial, but as it is not for personal use these services should not be used in the classroom.