Thanks for clarifying. My brain was mush (too many 12 hour days for far too long). They added a new twist after I sent the message -- they are playing clips they filmed themselves, so the answer became obvious, even to me.
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. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 2:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] church event question on copyright Hi Showing stuff (i.e. whole films) in churches, pre-schools, lodge halls, motorcycle clubs, staff picnics, or at Burning Man constitutes public performance and, as such, requires performance rights. Showing clips in the context of a non-commercial sermon, symposium, etc. etc...? I'd personally consider it fair use, if the number and extent is limited. gary handman > 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. > 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.
