Usage rights for PBS documentary?

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• August 24, 2016 @ 1:59pmLiz M. Barksdale says:

  Hi,

  A professor I work with would like to show this documentary for educational use. He called PBS about rights, but they didn't get back to him.

  http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=2840047

  It looks like you can rent it through YouTube as well:

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dGg_Hs0c4Q

  What do you suggest we do to make sure it's okay to show it on our campus? It seems like it may fall under fair use but I'm not positive.

   

  Thanks,

  Liz

   
• August 25, 2016 @ 10:33amckristof@kent.edu says:

  If PBS did not respond in time and if there weren't a better source, I wouldn't have a problem purchasing this through YouTube. I took a look at their Paid Service terms under "License," https://www.youtube.com/t/terms_paycontent, and I don't think their license specifically prohibits this type of use.Though they're saying you don't have public performance rights, a classroom is not a public performance. There are exceptions in Section 110, and if these don't cover it, the use could fall to fair use, especially given the lack of response by PBS.

  I say "purchase" because rental isn't that much less expensive and use is limited to a few days.
• August 25, 2016 @ 12:53pmCarrie says:

  I think Cindy's idea about purchase is an excellent one! Then you have PP rights via Section 110!

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