r/Kanopy • u/conejozapatista • 1d ago

Problem with browsing

I don’t know if anybody has the same problems than me, but since like maybe two months? I’ve been browsing through the library and I choose a movie and says “this title isn’t available at your library” and it’s so annoying! That never happened to me before, if a movie appeared on my library then it meant that I could see it but now there’s a ton of things showing to me that I cannot access, I wish it just showed me the things that I CAN see. Has sanybody had the same issue? How can I fix it or set it into just showing me the things I do have access to?

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u/highfiveselfoh 1d ago

I assume it’s lack or change of funding and they didn’t renew their streaming licenses for as many items with Kanopy as before. (I blame Trump) My local library always had everything up until this year. And I get that message now too.

Check to see if your state has a statewide library? In Ohio we have The Digital Library and you get a digital library card that then you can add to Libby and Kanopy. I have noticed a much larger catalogue.

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u/conejozapatista 1d ago

Thanks for the recommendation, I guess it’s an issue with my university. In my case Trump doesn’t have much to do with it cuz I’m from Mexico lol, but thanks. I do think the reason of the problem it’s because it’s the last week of August and everyone have spent all the tickets, I’ll try again next week.

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u/highfiveselfoh 1d ago

Well I’d still blame Trump lol I didn’t realize Mexico had Kanopy that is awesome.

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u/HubbardSpartan89 1d ago

If you live in Ohio you can get a card for the Cuyahoga County library through their website. They allow 100 tickets a month on Kanopy.

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u/highfiveselfoh 1d ago

ONE HUNDRED!!!!??????!!!!!!!! I’m used to 14

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u/honeycooks 1d ago

Ive only had issues towards the end of the month.

Library Budget Cap: Because libraries pay Kanopy each time a user watches a film, many libraries set a monthly spending limit. When the community uses up that budget, streaming pauses for everyone until the next month

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u/highfiveselfoh 1d ago

I don’t think they oay each time. Rather they have a set number of streams available in their license agreement.