Re: [LM_NET] Copyright on Videos

[Sean Dion <sdion@TKOELECTRONICS.COM>]

My understanding is that "commercial use" would mean you are charging someone to
see it, but I'm no lawyer.

Definition of Commercial Use (as found on the web):  Any wholesale, retail, or
service business activity established to carry on trade for profit.

Just last night, coincidentally, TechTV had a mock gameshow in which they ran
something "Is This Legal Or Not."  I think this was one of the questions.  Their
question was a little different - It asked if they went to the local DVD rental
shop and charged a fee, is it illegal.  The answer was "yes and no."  If the
group is small and you are just covering the cost of the rental, not an issue.
If you have a large group, however, and you make a profit on it, that's a no no.

Again, you aren't making a profit, so I'd bet you're fine.


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-----Original Message-----
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Date:    Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:32:53 -0600
From:    Sara Johnson <SJohnson@DCE.K12.WI.US>
Subject: Target:  Copyright on Videos

We recently experienced something strange.  We purchased a video our
science curriculum coordinator requested entitled "The Mutter Museum,
strange medical mysteries"  from Discovery Store.com.  We received and
processed it, however about a month later we received a letter from them
that said schools did not have the rights to show it.  The video itself
just says "Any commercial use or duplication of this copyright
material...without prior licensing is forbidden..."

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