Of course the statement on the New Video Group website is highly inaccurate:
About Public Performance Rights: Public Performance Rights (PPR) allow screenings of DVDs for educational purposes. PPR are included with DVDs purchased from New Video at the prices indicated. PPR permit screenings in a classroom or library or to a group where no admission is charged. DVDs purchased from home video retailers or through our home video website or by anyone other than New Video do NOT carry Public Performance Rights. These may only be screened for private home use unless Public Performance Rights are purchased separately or an open showing is arranged. New Video should know that PPR is NOT required for classroom use, per US Copyright law, which also allows home videos to be used as well. But, readers of this list already know this, right? -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Mail Code 1006 Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: [email protected] ********** Brian Boling wrote: Information about acquiring PPR for Waste Land can be found on the New Video Group website: http://www.newvideo.com/institutional/ 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.
