-- Jessica Rosner Kino International 333 W 39th St. 503 NY NY 10018 jrosner@kino.com 212-629-6880> From: "Nagle, Tiffany" <tiffany.nagle@kerncountylibrary.org> > Reply-To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu > Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:56:41 -0700 > To: "'videolib@library.berkeley.edu'" <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> > Subject: [Videolib] "Bowling for Columbine" public performance > > > I have a group that has asked to rent our library's auditorium. On asking > what the event was, she replied that they were going to show "Bowling for > Columbine" at no charge to the public. I asked if she knew about getting the > public performance rights for the film, and she replied that Michael Moore > was allowing anyone to show this movie for free. > > Now, they plan on using their own copy of the film, not the library's, but > I'm still "iffy" about the legality of the performance rights. As far as I > can tell from our copy, the case shows the standard wording "Any public > performance...is strictly prohibited." Plus, I don't see anything mentioned > on the web site for the film. I would think that this information would be > provided somewhere if he really was advocating free showings. > > Has anyone heard about this situation for "Bowling for Columbine"? Thanks! > > Tiffany Nagle, MLS > Audiovisual Librarian > Beale Memorial Library/Kern County Library > ph (661) 868-0784 > fax (661) 868-0831 > tiffany.nagle@kerncountylibrary.org > > _______________________________________________ > Videolib mailing list > Videolib@library.berkeley.edu > http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/videolib
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