Hi Well, if they'll sell it to you at home video prices, take it.
Copyright law allows the use of copyrighted materials in valid, face-to-face teaching. In other words, anything in the home video market (stuff sold via amazon, etc.) can be used in the service of teaching without having to pop for public performance rights..or any other kind of right. In many instances, distributors will try to foist higher prices on buyers on the false contention that classroom screening requires popping for the higher priced version of a film. That's simply not true. Can they require all institutions (regardless of type of use) to pay more than individuals--yeah, they can. That's commerce for you...not copyright law. (This is what Jessica means by "tiered pricing": individuals get off cheap and institutions get it stuck to them) Bottom line: if they'll sell to you at home video prices, and if all you're doing is circulating the stuff for classroom screening or on-site use, go for it. Gary Handman > Hello all, > > I know most of you are librarians in a University setting, but I have a > question about educational media that is used in a K-12 classroom > environment. > > We just realized that a company that markets educational materials to K-12 > teachers is selling a HOME DVD to be used in the classroom (for the much > lower price of $30). Based on what I know about educational rights and > materials, this appears to be wrong. Don't they have to sell the K-12 > educational version to teachers (if they are distinctly marketing the > materials to be used IN the classroom)? > > I would love your thoughts and/or suggestions of resources where I can > find > out more about this. > > Thanks so much! > > Kristin > > > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
