copyright and videos

[Betsy Hundert <SHundert@AOL.COM>]

At the risk of sounding (and being) naive, I have a question about videos.  I
have always heard that videos not owned by the school cannot legally be shown
to students.  I am sure my school system is not the only one where teachers
break the rules by bringing in their own videos and showing them to their
classes.  I understand that this is against school policy because these
videos have not been approved.  But, isn't it legal to show these videos in a
classroom where the teacher is face to the face with the students and it is
curriculum related (somewhat)?  That is certainly not a public performance,
but an educational use.  I always warn the teachers at my school that this is
illegal.  But is it.....? and why.

thanks for your input.

Betsy Hundert

LMS Oakville Elementary School
Mechanicsville, MD   20659

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