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Re: copyright and public schools



I'd be kind of curious to know if the school owns the copyright to the play. Whether they do or not, the fact that it's only for personal viewing should eliminate any copyright concerns.
 
The comparison to rock concerts seems to be a mite far-fetched; bootleg videos of kids in a school play  hardly have the potential for illicit sales of bootleg videos of, say, Springsteen in performance. 
 
Sounds like someone on the school board or in the administration hasbeen spending too much time worrying. 
 

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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 11:13 AM
Subject: copyright and public schools

Hello list,
 
I've had a request from a friend of mine concerning a copyright issue that I am unable to answer. Her son is performing in a high school play, and she has been told that she cannot bring in a personal video camera and film the play for personal use. There has been lots of complaints from parents about this, and they're not sure where to turn. My inclination is that the school has the right to set such a policy, and I liken it to going to a rock concert and not being able to take photos or film the performance. However, as this is a public school, I'm not sure what precedent and/or law would be relevant to the issue one way or another.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
 
Neil Dahlstrom

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