I thought I was pretty well-versed in Public Performance Rights, however
I just had a question that has me a bit stumped. We have been
indicating in our cataloging records when a media item has been
purchased with Public Performance Rights, and I often show faculty
interested in programming
Virtually all PPR licenses forbid charging admission and nearly all would in
fact prevent any off campus showing. It is very unlikely he could use any of
your titles without making a totally separate rental deal with the rights
holder. There would be little point in distributors selling PPR if
Meghann,
for once, I agree with Jessica. Public Performance Rights that are sold
to education are also called
Non-Theatrical Rights and, almost always, do NOT include the right to
charge admission OR to show it to an
audience outside the mandate of the purchasing institution.
Again, Jessica is
for once Susan? Gee I am hurt.
Meghann I suggest your prof approach the distributors and say that while the
school has the right to show these on campus, he/she wants to take them to a
broader audience and keeping in mind that the school has presumably already
paid a nice fee for them and Newark
