Re: Streaming video and public performance

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

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "deg farrelly" <deg.farrelly@xxxxxxx>

> Glenn Folkvord wrote:
> >>
> 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".<<
>
> No, copying a book to students is not defined as "public
performance"...It's
> defined as "copyright violation"   Having the rights to use a book in a
> classroom does NOT translate to be allowed to photocopy it for all the
> students in the class!

Note that I said "If you have the rights to use a book in a classroom and
are allowed to photocopy it to all the students" - i.e. if both rights have
been secured.

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