Re: Video Streaming Copy Rights

["Glenn Folkvord \(Hyperion Media\)" <glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Mitchell" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> A public performance is a public performane is a public performance. Video
> streaming is simply one more method for performing a work publicly. There
> is no separate exclusive right to stream it.

But is streaming a video to students on campus - a closed circuit of
recepients - defined as "public"? You probably have to be a registered
student with residence on a specific campus to see the videostream.

You probably wont be able to see the videostream if you're a regular citizen
with a satelite dish or cable TV.

If you have the rights to use a book in a classroom and are allowed to
photocopy it to all the students, how is that different from streaming the
video to the students? It's just another way of copying data. I assume
copying a book to students is not defined as "public performance".

Regards from Glenn Folkvord
Hyperion Media - arts and media development
glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxx