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Yes, exactly this. Purchasing a DVD is priced differently for a) home use only, b) public screening, c) lending/circulating to public

I don’t think a library would sign up to Kanopy if it wasn’t somehow more attractive to them over DVDs.

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First sale doctrine means you can buy a disc for home use and lend it out. Typically, you do public performance with home use discs and a seperately obtained license (but it is possible to rent media with your license, etc).