Re: [LM_NET] TAR: Copyright: Limit on audience size?

[Gail Brewster <gbrewste@MOLINESCHOOLS.ORG>]

It's called "Public Performance Rights" and we pay a good deal more for those 
rights because we use them in a classroom setting. I have never heard about the 40 
audience limit. We buy lots of our videos from PBS and it has a special store just 
for educators. If you compare the price for the same video title from the teacher's 
store with the price from the general public store, you will usually find anywhere 
from $50-$100 difference. Sites like the Discovery Channel will not sell certain 
videos to me because they do not offer "Public Performance Rights" and cannot 
legally be viewed by a school audience. Usually, these only apply to new series 
like Mythbusters which did eventually apply those rights.  I think I had to wait 
until after season two for school availability. 


Gail Brewster
Media Specialist
Moline High School
Moline, IL   61265
gbrewste@molineschools.org
Phone (309) 743-8901
Fax (309) 757-3484
http://mhsav.wikispaces.com/
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From: Brown, Linda [mailto:lbrown@JONESVILLESCHOOLS.ORG]
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Sent: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:57:08 -0600
Subject: TAR: Copyright: Limit on audience size?

Dear Copyright Experts,
  
   
  
  My teacher husband recently ordered a Civil War video from PBS.  The
  woman on the phone asked if the tape was for personal or professional
  use.  My husband asked what the difference was.  She replied that if the
  audience size was under 40, that was personal use.  If over 40, that
  would be professional use and he'd have to pay extra for a "copyright
  license."
  
   
  
  Has anyone heard of this before?  I've never seen this mentioned on the
  list.
  
   
  
  Thanks,
  
   
  
  Linda Brown
  
  Teacher/Librarian
  
  Jonesville (MI) High School
  
  lbrown@jonesvilleschools.org
  
  
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