Do you or the owner of the videotape have the public performance rights? While there is a classroom exemption in the Copyright Act for performance of copyrighted in the classroom in a nonprofit educational institutions, there is no broad exemption for other performances even for educational purposes. See section 110(1).
Lolly Gasaway, Director of the Law Library & Prof. of Law
Univ. North Carolina
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?
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> Russ Knipe
> Ball State University
Received on Mon Feb 13 1995 - 15:06:44 GMT
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