[YART] Bob Ross Painting

[Colleen LeComte]

I’ve seen a lot on forums online - apparently the Bob Ross Foundation is
specifically going after libraries and others trying to do this and
circumvent their $800 fee. We were thinking of just using a YouTube
personality that teaches painting the same way, but obviously they are not
Bob Ross. I found a few different ones to choose from on YouTube.

Also, Netflix doesn’t offer business or non-profit accounts, but you can
use your own to stream their movies/documentaries to patrons. Technically
there is an email address you can contact to ask permission and explain why
that movie and to whom. I have not seen a library denied yet, and they were
showing all kinds of movies, not just education ones. If you search the
teen groups on FB for “Netflix” one of them has the email in her post or
the comments.

Colleen

On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 7:58 PM Becky Farwick <bfarwick at newportlibraryri.org>
wrote:

> My TAB has requested a Bob Ross painting session as part of our SRP line
> up.  Does anyone know if libraries can legally stream his shows and if so
> from where?  I've hear Netflix, but I'm not sure how that would work. I
> have a personal account, but, to my knowledge, there is no library
> account.  I found a number of Bob Ross programs offered at other libraries
> over the past few years, but one talked about purchasing rights and another
> used a look-alike to lead the class instead of streaming.
>
> I'm happy to do the research (and share the results), but don't want to
> reinvent the wheel if someone else has already done it.
>
> Thanks,
> Becky Farwick
> YA Librarian
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