Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Texas
Copyright Law
What is required to be in compliance with showing a videotape/movie (for example showing ''Liar, Liar'' re the subject of business ethics)to a class of high school business students? It is for educational purposes and there are approximately 20 students in each class. I am in the classroom the entire time. Please include citations in your response. Many thanks
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Re: Copyright Law
USC TITLE 17 > CHAPTER 1 > Sec. 110.
Sec. 110. - Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, the following are not infringements of copyright:
(1)
performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction, unless, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, the performance, or the display of individual images, is given by means of a copy that was not lawfully made under this title, and that the person responsible for the performance knew or had reason to believe was not lawfully made;
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Accordingly, I believe that your intended use is a "fair use" under the law.
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