DCC Copyright: DMCA

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA, consists of five parts, called titles. Among these titles are rules making it illegal to circumvent any technological measure that has been put into place to prevent access to or make it more difficult to make a copy of a copyrighted work, unless when used to excerpt short segments for educational or non-commercial works. Online service providers (OSPs) are given "safe harbor" if they implement copyright notice and takedown procedures.

1. All videos and DVDs purchased by Delgado Community College Libraries are purchased with some level of viewing rights. The content of all items owned by the Library can be made available for student use for an entire semester or for shorter, more specific timeframes.
2. An instructor’s personal copy of a video or DVD can be streamed only once and only for one ten-day period of time during the semester. The ten-day timeframe is determined by the instructor.
   • NOTE: If an instructor is the copyright holder, the Library must receive permission in writing to stream the content for more than ten days.
   • Instructors are encouraged to submit requests to the Library to purchase video and DVD titles used for courses taught more than one time. To request materials, please use the Materials Request Form.
3. A video or DVD purchased by another department, program or office might not have been purchased with educational viewing rights. For items that have not been purchased with the appropriate viewing rights, the Library will stream the content.
   • Departments are encouraged to submit requests to the Library to purchase video and DVD titles to be used for classroom instruction. To request materials, please use the Materials Request Form.
4. Delgado Community College Libraries will not stream the content of items rented from a commercial provider such as Amazon or Netflix, items owned by other libraries, or when the level of viewing rights cannot be determined.
   • The streamed content can be used simultaneously by an instructor for more than one class per semester and by more than one instructor for classes per semester only once and only for one ten‐day period of time during the semester. The ten-day timeframe is determined by the instructor.