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#Zoom movie free license#
#Zoom movie free free#

The movie you wish to show is in the "public domain." (Determining whether a particular movie is in the public domain can be difficult, and even movies that are quite old can still be protected by copyright.

(For example, some educational movies, such as those purchased directly from California Newsreel at the "institutional" price, come with licenses to show the movies for certain noncommercial institutional purposes.)

#Zoom movie free license#

Your copy of the movie came with an express license authorizing the particular manner of showing.

A list of approved distributors and filmmakers may be found at. The film comes from one of W&L's approved distributors or filmmakers.You will be showing the movie in the course of "face-to-face teaching activities" (that is, not through Digication or other forms of electronic transmission) that will take place in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction (that is, not in an auditorium or other public venue, unless it is being used for, and restricted to participants in, the teaching activities), and you have a legitimate copy of the movie (which, in general, does not include one that you have videotaped yourself from a broadcast).If so, is there an applicable exception to the license requirement?Įven if your proposed showing will constitute a "public performance", you still will not need to obtain a license if any of the following is true: Most other showings will constitute public performances.) (Generally speaking, then, showing a movie in your home or dorm room will not constitute a public performance, as long as you limit attendance to family and friends. You will be showing the movie in a place that is open to people other than members of your family or a small group of your friends (for example, a classroom or the Commons Theater), whether or not any such people attend.You will be showing the movie to people other than members of your family or a small group of your friends.

The showing of a movie will be considered to be a "public performance" if either of the following is true: To determine whether you need such a license, you must determine whether what you want to do would constitute a "public performance", and, if so, whether there are any exceptions that would allow you to proceed legally without a license. In particular, you do not have the right to show the movie to "the public." In most cases, doing that requires a separate "public performance" license from the copyright owner.

#Zoom movie free free#

You certainly are free to watch the movie yourself, but, beyond that, your rights are very limited by law. When you buy, rent, or borrow a DVD or videotape of a movie (or any other audiovisual work) made by someone else, you normally obtain only the copy, and not the underlying copyright rights to the movie. (Adapted for W&L with permission of the author/creator, Steven McDonald, General Counsel for the Rhode Island School of Design)

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