Question about Movie Licensing USA

[Janice Segerstrom <jasegerstrom@TETON1.K12.WY.US>]

If this question has been posted before, I apologize.  I have been away
for LM_Net for a year and I'm finally back!

Our district received a letter and licensing information and pricing from
Movie Licensing USA.  It says it will license us for the showing of home
use movies at our school (Public Performance Movie License).  Is this
company legitimate?

Is this something every school should be doing, and if so, are a lot of
you purchasing this license?  I asked how they had our name and they said
they have the name of every public and private school in the United
States.  They also said that Disney was the first to approach them about
offering this kind of license and I know that Disney is very strict about
their licensing and copyright privileges for their videos.

Should we purchase a district license or not?

Jan Segerstrom
Jackson Hole Middle School
Coordinator of Library Media Services
jasegerstrom@teton1.k12.wy.us\
307-733-3019

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