Hi Farhad
The use you describe requires public performance rights.
Doesn't matter what kind of film you show, whether or not you charge
entrance, or whether the audience is composed of students only or others.
Once you show an entire work outside of the home or outside of
face-to-face teaching (i.e. as part of regularly-scheduled classes)
A fair use application might be, for instance, showing a short clip or two
as part of an extra-curricular program...but showing a whole film in those
contexts require PPR.
gary handman
Dear all,
I'm sure this has been discussed here before. But I need to refresh my
memory. If a faculty at a university wants to establish an educational
group or a club (like a book club) inside his department and the members
are all students at the university and wants to show films for that group,
does it fall in fair use category and the films do not need PPR or does it
constitute a public performance? Does it matter if the films are
documentaries or feature films? Members of the group are registered for
that group that works like a course but there is no credit for it. Thanks.
Farhad Moshiri
Audiovisual Librarian
University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX
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