YSK if you have a library card or are a student, there's a free streaming service called Kanopy

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• kmartburrito@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s also a similar service for renting books through your e-reader called Libby. On kobo their Overdrive service uses Libby for the same end result - renting books from your local library on your digital reader. And it’s free!

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  • nothingcorporate@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I love Libby! I listen to audiobooks with it all the time.

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  • dwemthy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As convenient and amazing borrowing e-books is, it’s important to remember that it costs your library more because they have to renew a license on it regularly. As opposed to physical books that they buy once

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    • skrlet13@feddit.cl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And if they are borrowed, that means the library is working and will get more funding!!! Many places want to delete libraries “because they are useless” :(

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    • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      However it probably shows that people are using it and will continue to get funding

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  • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My friend Anna also told me about her archive over dinner the other night; I haven’t looked into it but it sounds promising.

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    • ThraawnSolo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Wait a second…that’s my Anna your talking about!

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    • GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Giggity.

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• nothingcorporate@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Other fun library facts:

  • If you don’t like leaving the house, lots of libraries let you sign up for a card online
  • In addition to books, they usually have ebooks and audiobooks online, as well as DVDs and CDs at your local branch
  • You should visit your local library and see if they have other things…some have video games, or kitchen/cooking equipment, there are often classes or presentations, all free

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  • floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A note about the DVD and CD collections at your local library:

    Rip them. While it is perfectly legal to rip media, you have taken from the library or that you have purchased, there is one technical snag: bypassing the DVD encryption is technically a civil offense. But there’s also no way for anyone to ever prove that you did that unless you create a video of you doing it and send it into the FBI.

    So make sure to use that library card to its fullest potential!

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    • thesohoriots@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Got a lot of mileage out of this in high school when mp3 players had just kicked off.

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    • lud@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If bypassing encryption is illegal just download it and cut out the middle man.

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you don’t like leaving the house…you should visit your local library

    Good advice!

    (Sorry, your tips and suggestions ARE all good, just had to appease my joke Tourette’s 😁)

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  • kender242@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is there a list of Libraries I can register online with if I don’t necessarily live near them? Would like to expand my reach in libby.

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  • unsettlinglymoist@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah seriously check what else your library has to offer. My library loaned me a brand new pair of Black Diamond trekking poles and I liked them so much that I bought by own pair.

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Real BIB hours

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• Geodad@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s also Libby, Hoopla, and Overdrive.

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• oz1sej@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  YSK americans always assume everybody else are americans.

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  • jsomae@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Someone else ITT confirmed this works in Australia.

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    • madjo@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      According to their map, it also works with a number of libraries in Canada, England, Wales, Ireland (though no Scottish or Northern Irish libraries), Luxembourg, Bogota, Malta, South Korea (though they have placed the flag for Asia Culture Center in Gwangju South Korea somewhere in the sea south of Ghana for some reason), Dubai, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand

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• partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s another one free with many Public Libraries that has streaming movies and TV called Hoopla. That same service also has ebooks and audiobooks for streaming or download.

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  • griff@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hoopla also has a wide variety of music that can be downloaded to mobile devices for a week at a time

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    • maccentric@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hoopla also has a respectable collection of graphic novels and comics

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  • Kingofthezyx@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah interestingly this was one of the only places that English versions of the Sailor Moon movies from the 90s series.

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• CuddlyCassowary@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My library (Denver) also offers Mango, an online / apps language learning program.

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• FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  And if you don’t, I recommend checking out

  !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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  • comfy@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Highly recc Anna’s Archive.

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• who@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Streaming of what? Music tracks? Radio stations? TV?

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  • curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Generally independent films, classic movies, documentaries, are the most its used for. Lots of kids stuff though, like inspector gadget, Bob the builder, etc as well as live storybooks, storytime, etc.

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• littleomid@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t have that service in Germany. Why do you think I should have that in Germany?

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• BossDj@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t know if this is common, but worth looking into:

  My library system offers limited free passes to local museums, zoos, childrens/science museums, etc. You borrow them like you would borrow a book.

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  • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think lots of libraries do that. It’s awesome! (Source: my last 3 libraries in New England did that.)

    Be sure to return the pass on time, though. You might screw up someone else’s trip to the museum if you return it late :( (that’s also why they tend to have higher late fees)

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• aceshigh@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Some also get hoopla.

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• skrlet13@feddit.cl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In Chile there’s www.bpdigital.cl for borrowing digital books.

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  • BlushedPotatoPlayers@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Whoa, thanks for that. I’m looking for years for a book that had a single edition in our country, it’s impossible to find and they have it. I will try my poor Spanish on it.

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• Peffse@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My library also offers a membership with Flipster (magazines).

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• dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just confirming this works from Australia (Dandenong Library).

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• renrenPDX@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  LinkedIn Learning formerly Lynda is free with library card.

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• guy_threepwood@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I get Pressreader access with my library. Gives me access to newspapers and magazines for free, which is pretty good. Especially for overseas things which are otherwise quite difficult to get

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• Limonene@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Kanopy looks like they use Widevine DRM. I will continue using other DRM-free sources.

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• gigachad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Genius@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Kanopy is partnered with universities in multiple countries.

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• MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Had it a few years ago, and they do have some good content, but it didn’t seem like it got refreshed very often. Definitely, some Oscar nominees in there though.

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