The Canadians can better answer this, but last I heard, no video can be shown anywhere in Canada without paying the PPR clearance for each screening. Since schools don't get a classroom exemption, I can imagine that churches do.
~Barb -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of joyce Johnson Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 12:57 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Screening rights in Canada for Churches Thanks for the recipe Gary! I have a quick question for everyone (I am sure there are not many out there today) who is familiar with Canada and screening rights. I got an email from a person who said that her church has "rights" to the show films as a public performance without buying the PPR. I am not sure how this works in Canada or with churches. She seemed to genuinely think it was normal as they have shown other films. Does anyone know? Thanks! Joyce 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.
