Jerry
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> Hi Everyone,
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> Here is another Public Performance query for all of you.
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> A student asked our Campus Activities department for permission to
> post advertisement for the showing of a film for the student run
> "Anime Society". They in turn called me and asked if the group had
> gone through our office to secure PPR, which our other film groups
> do. I said they had not. The student then came to our office and I
> explained, in brief, that they could not do this without PPR being
> purchased. She said her mom is an attorney, etc., etc. etc. Below
> is the email she sent a few days later when wanting to reserve an
> auditorium (she sent this to the person who is part of Campus
> Activities but does the room reservation end of it). What do YOU ALL
> think and, your opinion on what my response should be?
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> Thank you!!
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> Pamela Bruce
> Carleton College
> Media Services
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> 1. Regarding liscencing, we have been in consultation with Susan Freya Olive
> Senior Partner of Olive and Olive, P.A. in Durham, NC. SFO has advised that
> there is an exception to the license requirement, for face to face teaching
> activities carried on by an educational institution in a classroom or similar
> place of instruction where the teaching is conducted either by an instructor
> or
> pupil. Sec. 110 of the Copyright Act (17 USC Sec. 110) says that the
> following
> is not an infringement of copyright or liscencing:
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> Performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of
> face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a
> classroom or similar place devoted to instruction, unless, in the case of a
> motion picture or other audiovisual work, the performance, or the display of
> individual images, is given by means of a copy that was not lawfully made
> under
> this title, and that the person responsible for the performance knew or had
> reason to believe was not lawfully made;
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> SFO also has advised that Carleton Anime Society will fall under this
> exception
> as:
> A) Our purpose is to teach others about anime and its significance in and to
> Japanese culture.
> B) All of our showings consist of face-to-face instruction through significant
> discussion about the show in a Japanese context and a comparison of it to
> anime
> of other authors, or other anime by the same author.
> C) We are working on getting professors to atend events, and spring
> term we may
> have Professor Tomonari overseeing our activities (as he is currently on
> sabatical)
> D) Although not required, our showings are only open to Carleton students
> Thus, we are sure that it is perfectly legal for Carleton Anime Society to
> have
> our shoings.
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> 2. We do have titles. We are showing two episodes each of Excel Saga and
> Ranma
> 1/2, and both are DVDs or VHS tapes that have been legally purchased from
> American retailers.
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> 3. We will be showing episodes each Thursday for the duration of each term.
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> Regarding the number of people who will attend these showings, I quoted 25
> people before the Activities Fair, at which approximately 45 people expressed
> interest in becoming members of the Carleton Anime Society. This means that
> we
> could have as many as 45 people (or more, if upperclassmen return, which we
> anticipate) attending these showings. Can we start out in Olin 149, and I
> will
> let you know if our weekly numbers drop below 45?
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> Pamela Bruce
> Media Services
> Carleton College
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