If it is just clips it is fair use. Just for the record fair use applies not just to schools or churches but pretty much to any person or group using them in such a way. It is not limited to educational use, however one should not for instance directly profit from using clips.
On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Jackson, Sandra F. <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a church group who has rented our campus movie theater. They just > let me know that they want show brief movie clips to illustrate their points > of their sermon. I am a bit overworked at the moment, so I’m having trouble > with recall and I almost never deal with churches. Does copyright prevent > them from doing this or does this count as a very odd educational use? > > > > I really feel like I would know the answer on a normal day. I’m fried. > > Thanks, > Sandra > > > > Sandra F. Jackson > Film Program Coordinator > Lumina Theater & Sharky's Box Office > Department of Campus Life > The University of North Carolina Wilmington > Phone 910.962.7971 Fax: 910-962-7438 > [email protected] > http://www.uncw.edu/lumina > > NOTICE: Emails sent and received in the course of university business are > subject to the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. §132-1 et seq.) > and may be released to the public unless an exception applies. > > > > > > 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. > > -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) [email protected] 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.
