EDUCATIONAL / SCREENING PURCHASERS
Download the Educational Order Form
Commercial films and videotapes have copyrights that restrict the manner in which they can be shown. There are two specific issues to consider:
1. There is a clear distinction between "home" versus "public" viewings. If you buy or rent a film or a videotape, you always have permission to show it in your home. However, you are not allowed to show it in a classroom, library or any other public forum without a public performance right.
2. If you are charging an admission (or viewing) fee, it always requires an explicit public performance right.
How to Obtain Public Performance Rights
Thus if you wish to show a film or video tape outside your home and/or charge money, you must have an acceptable public performance right.
With the educational order form above, buyers for schools, libraries, and other institutions can obtain Public Performance Rights, allowing the right to screen the the film publicly in a non-commercial setting.
