In my opinion, in order to comply with copyright law, you would need to have public performance rights for this video. Although you state that this discussion is for educational purposes, you also state that you are not affiliated with the institution; in my mind, the non-affiliated status takes precedence, since almost anything can be labelled *for educational purposes*.
Many video distributors (such as Films for the Humanities and Sciences and PBS Video, to name a couple),include public performance rights with their purchase price. Other distributors can secure the rights for a fee (which varies).
I remember hearing about a company which could provide public performance licenses for single events. I don't remember the name (sorry!) but I believe it was affiliated somehow with Films, Inc. in Chicago (1-800-343-4312). Or you may want to contact Ken Crews at the Copyright Management Center at Indiana U.-Perdue U. Indianapolis (voice: 1-317-274-4400 or email: copyinfo[_at_]indycms.iupui.edu)
Good luck!
Barbara Herbert <herbert[_at_]class.org>
Instructional Media Librarian
Georgian Court College
Lakewood, NJ
On Fri, 10 Feb 1995 00rmknipe[_at_]bsuvc.bsu.edu wrote:
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> I have a question regarding the use of copyrighted material. If I
> am conducting a group discussion, not affliated with an educational
> institution, and use a copyrighted video for the purpose of education,
> is that a violation of the copyright code?
>
>
> Russ Knipe
> Ball State University
Received on Mon Feb 13 1995 - 14:50:41 GMT
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