I don't know-- it lists a lot of institutions but it insists that this has to be a classroom setting for matriculated students in the institution. Not that many galleries or community centers matriculate students or show films in a classroom setting.
??? Judy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:30 AM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] "Educational PPR" The vendor's statement is considerably more liberal than the copyright law in defining "classroom"...I wouldn't squawk! Gary Handman > List members, > > I noted this today on a vendor website: > > "Educational Public Performance Rights (PPR) allow for screening IN A > CLASSROOM SETTING ONLY for matriculated students in any not-for-profit > institution - universities, museums, galleries, libraries, > microcinemas, community centers, or educational institutions, in an > educational context." > > This assertion seems to contradict what U.S. Copyright Title 17 states > regarding library and classroom use ("performance or display of work > by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching > activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or > similar place devoted to instruction"). > > I know that this topic has been well discussed on the list, but > "educational public performance rights" was a new wrinkle for me. > > Thanks, > > Karen G. Ketchaver > Acquisitions Unit Leader > Grasselli Library > John Carroll University > 20700 North Park Blvd. > University Hts., Ohio 44118-4581 > U.S.A. > (216)397-1622 phone/(216)397-1809 fax > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, > acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current > and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It > is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for > video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between > libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
