Movies and copyright law

["Lachowsky, Richard" <LACHOWSKY@BHS.SCSC.K12.AR.US>]

Group:
I have recently been approached by several teachers who said that
they heard that they or their students could no longer bring movies
to show at school i.e. during inclement weather.  They said that they
had heard there it had something to do with copyright.  I am
unfamiliar with this and would like to know the following:

1.  Is it illegal for students/teachers to bring videos to show under
    the above circumstances?

2.  What about movies that the school has purchased from discount
    stores and added to their library collections?

3.  What about movies that the school bought from a library video
    supplier?


My teachers said that they had heard that there was some sort of
permission for use that the school had to receive each year, and that
the cost runs close to $500 per year!

Any help you can give will be appreciated.   TIA

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Bearden Elementary/Middle Schools          | (501)687-3503  Middle S.
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