It is legal as long as you use the DVD in its original format and don't transfer it. There was ironically a case exactly on point regarding text books decided by the Supreme Court recently.
One other major thing is that the copy must be legal. You just need to use some common sense with that On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 8:41 AM, Moshiri, Farhad <mosh...@uiwtx.edu> wrote: > Recently, some of my faculty are asking for DVDs available in Europe > that are in PAL format and either coded for region 2 or all regions. I know > places such as Amazon sell DVD players that play both PAL and NTSC formats > and DVDs coded for any regions. But my question is a legal one. Is it legal > for an institution such as my university to buy and use multi-region > players and DVDs and use them in classes? My understanding is for any > reason, the publishers do not distribute their films in this country. So > using them in an institution is legal? Thanks. > > > > Farhad Moshiri, MLS > > Post-Masters Advanced Study Certificate > > Audiovisual Librarian > > Subject areas: Music, Dance, Copyright issues, > > Middle Eastern Studies > > University of the Incarnate Word > > J.E. & L.E. Mabee Library > > 4301 Broadway – CPO 297 > > San Antonio, TX 78209 > > (210) 829-3842 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or > contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the > individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the > intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in > error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of > this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any > attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this > e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. > > 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.
