Copyright Question

[Sheryl Steinke 687-3280 <STEINKE@4J.LANE.EDU>]

    Can you help?

    One of our elementary media specialists has some very enthusiastic
    4th graders that have asked her if they could bring in their own
    copies of several Sega, Nintendo, and Genesis type programs to RENT
    OUT to other kids for $.50 - $1.00/ week.  The proceeds would go
    toward buying new library books.  She told the kids there might be a
    copyright problem since there is money involved.  They then asked her
    why a video store could rent them out and she told them they might
    have to pay some kind of a fee or have a license to do that.

    I'm really unsure of the interpretation.  I know that home use is
    different from school/educational use.

    Thanks,

    Sheryl Steinke
    steinke@4j.lane.edu