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OK, I have to step in here. For those of you who have heard this rant
before, please delete and go on.
While what Jan says below is mostly true (this license doesn't cover
every film company,but it does cover the majors) it can set up an
atmosphere of "if I don't want to teach, I can just show any movie".
This sends a terrible message to faculty, and will perpetuate the
no-so-untrue myth of the Friday afternoon movie. The license described
below costs about $400 (depends on enrollment). Licensing individual
films for special showings like for a movie popcorn party for perfect
attenance each 6 weeks costs about $30 apiece (that is the Disney rate -
others may be cheaper). You can have a lot of "special" showings for
$400. Add up the amount of time you spend watching movies each year. If
you see a 1 hour movie every Friday, and there are 36 weeks in the year,
that is 36 instructional hours - more than a week of instrucational
time. Is there any one of us who, at the end of the school year, says
"Gee, I ran out of content this year!" Of course not. We never have time
to finish the content we are expected to teach. If you could get back
the week + time you spend watching non-curricular movies, how much
content could you cover? Or how much ACTIVE learning could you substitue
for that passive video watching? Can you justify the movie license on
pedagogical grounds? Remember, truly curricular showings don't need ANY
license.
You probably already own a lot of videos that you bought with public
performance rights and just don't know it. See my web site at:
http://courses.unt.edu/csimpson/cright/ppr.htm for a list of producers
that offer videos with public performance rights for those FEW AND FAR
BETWEEN occasions you might need one. The same parent company that sells
the umbrella license does individual showing licenses: Swank.
OK, I'm off the soapbox.
Carol Simpson, Ed.D.
Asst. Professor - School of Library & Information Sciences
University of North Texas
PO Box 311068
Denton, TX 76203
940-565-3776 (voice)
940-565-3101 (fax)
csimpson@lis.admin.unt.edu
>>> Janice Segerstrom <jasegerstrom@TETON1.K12.WY.US> 05/04/01 05:13PM
>>>
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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<DIV><FONT size=1>OK, I have to step in here. For those of you who have heard
this rant before, please delete and go on.<BR><BR>While what Jan says below is
mostly true (this license doesn't cover every film company,but it does cover the
majors) it can set up an atmosphere of "if I don't want to teach, I can just
show any movie". This sends a terrible message to faculty, and will perpetuate
the no-so-untrue myth of the Friday afternoon movie. The license described below
costs about $400 (depends on enrollment). Licensing individual films for special
showings like for a movie popcorn party for perfect attenance each 6 weeks costs
about $30 apiece (that is the Disney rate - others may be cheaper). You can have
a lot of "special" showings for $400. Add up the amount of time you spend
watching movies each year. If you see a 1 hour movie every Friday, and there are
36 weeks in the year, that is 36 instructional hours - more than a week of
instrucational<BR>time. Is there any one of us who, at the end of the
school year, says "Gee, I ran out of content this year!" Of course not. We never
have time to finish the content we are expected to teach. If you could get back
the week + time you spend watching non-curricular movies, how much<BR>content
could you cover? Or how much ACTIVE learning could you substitue for that
passive video watching? Can you justify the movie license on pedagogical
grounds? Remember, truly curricular showings don't need ANY
license.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>You probably already own a lot of videos that you bought with
public performance rights and just don't know it. See my web site at: <A
href="http://courses.unt.edu/csimpson/cright/ppr.htm">http://courses.unt.edu/csimpson/cright/ppr.htm</A>
for a list of producers that offer videos with public performance rights for
those FEW AND FAR BETWEEN occasions you might need one. The same parent company
that sells the umbrella license does individual showing licenses:
Swank.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1><BR>OK, I'm off the soapbox.<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Carol Simpson, Ed.D.<BR>Asst. Professor - School of Library &
Information Sciences<BR>University of North Texas<BR>PO Box 311068<BR>Denton, TX
76203<BR>940-565-3776 (voice)<BR>940-565-3101 (fax)<BR><A
href="mailto:csimpson@lis.admin.unt.edu">csimpson@lis.admin.unt.edu</A></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>>>> Janice Segerstrom
<jasegerstrom@TETON1.K12.WY.US> 05/04/01 05:13PM >>><BR>If this
question has been posted before, I apologize. I have been away<BR>for
LM_Net for a year and I'm finally back!<BR><BR>Our district received a letter
and licensing information and pricing from<BR>Movie Licensing USA. It says
it will license us for the showing of home<BR>use movies at our school (Public
Performance Movie License). Is this<BR>company legitimate?<BR><BR>Is this
something every school should be doing, and if so, are a lot of<BR>you
purchasing this license? I asked how they had our name and they
said<BR>they have the name of every public and private school in the
United<BR>States. They also said that Disney was the first to approach
them about<BR>offering this kind of license and I know that Disney is very
strict about<BR>their licensing and copyright privileges for their
videos.<BR><BR>Should we purchase a district license or not?<BR><BR>Jan
Segerstrom<BR>Jackson Hole Middle School<BR>Coordinator of Library Media
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