Dear Gary Thanks for your answer and remarks. We knew about the rules of face to face screening in classrooms regardless of size We will remove the words (up to 50 students) from our pricing & invoices. Anyway I am not around to count. I hope that will solve the legal problem Most university libraries purchased classroom screening rights, yet some preferred to buy also Public screening rights.
Yet I have a question many universities have a film series open to all students & faculty and if a professor gives a short explanation before the screening is that a face to face screening? I hope Berkeley will join our growing list of customers Shalom (Peace) Nahum Laufer Sales Docs for Education Erez Laufer Films Holland st 10 Afulla 18371 Israel - ----Original Message----- From: m...@library.berkeley.edu [mailto:m...@library.berkeley.edu] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 6:05 PM To: lauf...@netvision.net.il Cc: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Your pricing policies Hello Thanks for this link; your catalog has some interesting-sounding stuff in it. I have some fairly serious concerns about the wording of your pricing policy, however. US copyright law allows the screening of whole films/videos in face-to-face classroom teaching, REGARDLESS of the size of the class. Your pricing schedule wording ignores this fact. I understand the differential pricing for public performance rights, but your wording for the $175 "library lending rights" is misleading and not legally supportable, unless you consider this a contract stipulation, in which case I'd strongly urge my library colleagues not to do business with your firm. Let me know if you have questions, or if there are clarifications I should know about. Gary Handman $175 for library lending rights. Includes screenings rights in classrooms (up to 50 students). $250 library lending rights and public performance rights for screening when no admission fee is charged. (subject) Comments and Suggestion Form > (from-name) Library Web user > (from-email) someb...@library.berkeley.edu > (urlRef) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/vrtlists.html > (comments) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > Dear Gary > I have written before to you about our project Docs for Education I am > waiting that Berekeley Library will join other prestigius universities > and purchase our films See www.docsforeducation.com > <http://www.docsforeducation.com/> > > I want to have our film list on your video listing. > thanks > Nahum Laufer > Docs for Education > lauf...@netvision.net.il > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > >
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