You do not need to buy public performance rights for classroom use.
Publishers and distributors are asserting a right they do not have. The
stickers and the claims have no more legal weight than you putting up a
sign at the Packer's Games saying "Any people wanting to discuss of the
game after its conclusion must pay the NFL $2."
I am writing for myself, not my employer.
Tony Greiner
On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 11:12 AM, <acqnet-l_at_lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> 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
>
>
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