Hello-
We are currently in the process of replacing a large number of VHS tapes with DVDs. In cases where I am ordering the DVD from the filmmaker or the copyright holder, they have been including Public Performance license information with the DVDs. However, for the DVDs that I have purchased from Amazon, they do not include that license information since they aren't the copyright holder.
On a couple of the DVD cases I have noticed the statement "For sale or rental for private home use in the USA or Canada only. Federal law provides severe civil and criminal penalties for the unauthorized reproduction, distribution or exhibition of copyrighted motion pictures, videotapes or videodiscs." There was no statement on Amazon that these were "Home Use Only" DVDs and I am unable to find other sources for them. Since we will only be using them for educational purposes, in classrooms, are we covered under Fair Use Doctrine? Or do I need to search out these copyright holders and get their permissions? Have any of you run into this before? How did you handle it?
Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this...
Leah Liebergen
Cofrin Library
UW-Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Dr.
Green Bay, WI 54311
(920) 465-2382
www.uwgb.edu/library<http://www.uwgb.edu/library>
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Received on Mon May 12 2014 - 16:41:36 EDT