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. 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) Home General Counsel Answer Center Copyright and Intellectual Property Copyright Guidelines for Showing Movies and Other Audiovisual WorksĬopyright Guidelines for Showing Movies and Other Audiovisual Works
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