RE: RARA-AVIS: Using film noir in the classroom

From: Martha Fischer ( sakana@stlnet.com)
Date: 09 Apr 2000


well, actually you can, at least according to the way the rules have been explained at the school where i teach. you can do it once and call it spontaneous, meaning you didn't have time to get the rights...

martha sakana@stlnet.com <mailto: sakana@stlnet.com>

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>
> Neil sed:
>
>
> > i guess as
> > educational tools,
> > the problems of copyright don't apply. I mean, even though students are
> > paying for the class time, you aren't charging them to see the
> > movie, right?
> > Isn't that considered for any educational based showing?
>
> No, copyright still applies. See, fair use only allows a
> "limited" use for
> educational purposes. You can't use the entire film...otherwise, the fair
> use exception eats the general rule which is to allow the creator a
> mini-monopoly during the statutory period.
>
> Tribe
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