[LIBRARYDIR] Movie Clubs?

Wed Feb 27 11:38:25 PST 2019

If the film club is operating behind closed doors, how is that violating copyright? I’m curious about this.

Greg Bem, MLIS
Faculty Library Coordinator
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Subject: Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Movie Clubs?

Bellevue College disagrees with that use. Here’s Heath’s comment:
We have Swank streaming available here at Bellevue College. In the process of bringing this service on for our campus I clarified with them about what uses would be permitted. I have been informed a couple of times that having a public screening of any films in Swank on our campus would be a copyright violation and we have to secure PPR through them. We did this in connection with an International Week for a film that was shown during that program. The only streaming media I am aware of (that we have access to here at BC) is Kanopy and Films on Demand, which includes PPR.

I’d be curious to know how everyone is getting around that with Swank and holding screenings outside of a classroom/course setting.

Thanks, all!

Heath

From: "Kelly, Amy" <akelly1 at spscc.edu<mailto:akelly1 at spscc.edu>>
Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at 10:25 AM
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Cc: Vivienne Mcclendon <vivienne.mcclendon at bellevuecollege.edu<mailto:vivienne.mcclendon at bellevuecollege.edu>>
Subject: RE: [LIBRARYDIR] Movie Clubs?

Our student life group organizes public film showings and uses Swank. But as Greg explained below, a film club should be able to use library materials without worrying about copyright.

Amy S. Kelly, MA, MLIS
Dean of Academic Support Services
South Puget Sound Community College
360.596.5416

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Subject: Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Movie Clubs?

BC does not have a film club that I’m aware of, but we have a partnership between the library and a film course.
They teach the course, we show the film.
We consider this course-related.
Vivienne

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Dr. Vivienne McClendon, Ph.D., MLIS
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Bellevue College, D260H
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Bellevue, WA 98007
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Subject: Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Movie Clubs?

All our publicly announced and available movie screenings are put on by our ASG/Campus Life and they use Swank and others, similar to Mindy’s message.

Though we didn’t find details that felt satisfactory through our online research (and we did not consult any copyright lawyers), we have done some research on fair use for screenings and it seems like showing a movie to a group for a specific academic purpose (even if extra-curricular) in a private space (like the library classroom) would fall under fair use.

Greg Bem, MLIS
Faculty Library Coordinator
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Subject: Re: [LIBRARYDIR] Movie Clubs?

Our Student Activities pays for public performance rights.  I can try to find out what organization they use.

Here are a few:

  *   Swank Motion Pictures<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.swank.com%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cvivienne.mcclendon%40bellevuecollege.edu%7Cdb17602d3cb84e67971908d69ce0f5ef%7Cf94c251c1347422eb3ea8ac56befd6cb%7C1&sdata=%2BCw0vlVybDU95zxcax%2F2oHsIlK6YRc3Y7NIo3Xq07I8%3D&reserved=0>  is the major non-theatrical movie distributor and public performance licensing agent in venues where feature movies are shown publicly
  *   Criterion Pictures<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.criterionpicusa.com%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cvivienne.mcclendon%40bellevuecollege.edu%7Cdb17602d3cb84e67971908d69ce0f5ef%7Cf94c251c1347422eb3ea8ac56befd6cb%7C1&sdata=wzxf%2FACDd8tHU5dkLtkB%2FjWMPLD5%2BFNGdXoFTIgtEMM%3D&reserved=0>  is one of the largest non-theatrical providers of feature films in North America. In the United States, Criterion has exclusive relationships with some of Hollywood's largest film Studios, such as Paramount Pictures (select titles only), 20th Century Fox, Fox SearchLight, DreamWorks Animation, Troma Films, New Concorde, among others.
  *   Motion Picture Licensing Corporation<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mplc.org%2F&data=01%7C01%7Cvivienne.mcclendon%40bellevuecollege.edu%7Cdb17602d3cb84e67971908d69ce0f5ef%7Cf94c251c1347422eb3ea8ac56befd6cb%7C1&sdata=0oFG40SdggYehNGN3Q9A2o8gW8%2F6EZ31h82hDPHoRP8%3D&reserved=0> is an independent copyright licensing agency that provides the Umbrella License to ensure copyright compliance for the public performance of motion pictures.

Mindy Coslor, PhD
Director of Library Services
Skagit Valley College
2405 E College Way
Mount Vernon, WA  98273

360.416.7761

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Subject: [LIBRARYDIR] Movie Clubs?

We have a group of students who want to form a movie club.  I’m concerned this would be outside of “fair use” and require them to pay for performance rights.  Anybody else have a movie club on their campus?

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