[LM_NET] TAR: Copyright: Limit on audience size?

["Brown, Linda" <lbrown@JONESVILLESCHOOLS.ORG>]

Dear Copyright Experts,

 

My teacher husband recently ordered a Civil War video from PBS.  The
woman on the phone asked if the tape was for personal or professional
use.  My husband asked what the difference was.  She replied that if the
audience size was under 40, that was personal use.  If over 40, that
would be professional use and he'd have to pay extra for a "copyright
license."

 

Has anyone heard of this before?  I've never seen this mentioned on the
list.

 

Thanks,

 

Linda Brown

Teacher/Librarian

Jonesville (MI) High School

lbrown@jonesvilleschools.org


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