No, unfortunately it doesn't apply in Canada - or not yet. The new
copyright bill that was proposed before the House of Parliament closed
for the election does have something similar to the US educational
exemption in it. In Canada, the vendor's statement below is true,
i.e. that if we want to show a video in a classroom, then we need to
acquire PPR. However, we do purchase videos without PPR for individual
use - when classroom use isn't required.
Marilyn
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Head, Visual& Performing Arts
Libraries and Cultural Resources
25 MacKimmie Library Block
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
marilyn.nasser...@ucalgary.ca
Phone: (403) 220-3795
On 5/16/2011 12:30 PM, Audrey Quinn wrote:
Does anyone know if this same exemption applies in Canadian classrooms?
- this discussion has been very informative for an indie documentary
production company such as myself.
Thanks
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:22 PM, <ghand...@library.berkeley.edu
<mailto:ghand...@library.berkeley.edu>> wrote:
Hi Steve
There has been quite a bit of discussion on the videolib listserv
(that's
an online discussion list for video librarians, filmmakers, film
distributors and others)concerning the inaccurate statement New
Video is
currently putting forward concerning Public Performance rights.
>> About Public Performance Rights:
>> Public Performance Rights (PPR) allow screenings of DVDs for
educational
>> purposes. PPR are included with DVDs purchased from New Video
at the
>> prices indicated. PPR permit screenings in a classroom or
library or to a
>> group where no admission is charged. DVDs purchased from home video
>> retailers or through our home video website or by anyone other
than New
>> Video do NOT carry Public Performance Rights. These may only be
screened
>> for private home use unless Public Performance Rights are purchased
>> separately or an open showing is arranged.
Screening film/video in a classroom in the service of regular
curricula is
covered by the face-to-face teaching exemption of the US copyright Law
(Title 117: section 110) and does not require PPR. This exemption
applies
to home video, as well as other legally acquired versions of the work.
Screening a copyrighted film to a group outside of the home or
outside of
these exemptions requires PPR--a fact with which most video
librarians are
acutely aware.
Thanks in advance for considering reworking the wording of your
currently
misleading and inaccurate statement.
Gary Handman
Gary Handman
Director
Media Resources Center
Moffitt Library
UC Berkeley
510-643-8566 <tel:510-643-8566>
ghand...@library.berkeley.edu <mailto:ghand...@library.berkeley.edu>
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC
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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.
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.
