-- Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 jrosner@kino.com> From: "Barbara Koeller" <bkoeller@mc3.edu> > Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 07:29:11 -0800 (PST) > To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> > Subject: Copyright question > > Would someone be kind enough to let me know whether I have answered this > copyright question correctly: > > A student club wants to show a movie on campus, either one of the Library's or > a Blockbuster DVD. They expect only 10-15 members to attend, and no admission > will be charged. I have told them that this is still considered a "public > performance" and we would have to seek permission and/or pay a licensing fee. > Do you agree? It seems to me that the issue is not whether this is a small > group and the public will not be invited, or that the club is educational in > purpose. It is not part of a class (face-to-face teaching experience) so > this is "public" in the eyes of the law. Do you agree? > > > Barbara Koeller > Ass't. Director, Library/AV Services > Montgomery County Community College > > Chosen by Yahoo! Internet Life Magazine > as one of the "Most Wired" Two-Year Colleges > in the U.S. in 2001. > > 340 DeKalb Pike > Blue Bell, PA 19422 > > Phone: (215) 641-6590 > Fax: (215) 619-7182 > email: bkoeller@mc3.edu > > >