video w/o pub performance rights for indiv. viewing

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• January 23, 2007 @ 10:52ameye says:

  I read that 101(1) says:
  
  To perform or display a work “publicly” means —
  
  (1) to perform or display it at a place open to the public or at any place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered; or
  
  Does this mean a student cannot legally view a video in one of our small video viewing rooms (open to the public) unless we have secured public performance rights for that video?
• January 24, 2007 @ 8:14amwilliamsonl says:

  No this means that a student cannot invite family or friends to view the video with him. Academic libraries are usually considered an extention of the classroom which makes this viewing an educational exception.

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