14. On Back-to-School night, an elementary school offers child care for students' younger siblings. They put the kids in the library and show them Disney VHS tapes bought by the PTA. This is permissible.
False. Video (like everything else) is not covered under fair use for entertainment or reward. The use described is entertainment, pure and simple. However, Disney will sell you a one-time license for $25 that makes this legal use. Call Disney at (818) 560-1000, ask for "Rights," and prepare to trade faxes.
This question completely blows me out of the water; I had no idea that it was illegal to show Disney VHS video’s to children if the school didn’t have a license to do so. I suppose it’s because it does fall under the entertainment or reward category and not under an educational movie; that would make sense. I’m just very surprised that if a school wants to show Disney movies they would have to have a license to do so. This gets me thinking a little because I remember being in school in the third or fourth grade, and we would have a movie day, usually the Friday before a school vacation, where we would watch a Disney movie and eat popcorn. I wonder if my school knew that it was a violation to watch Disney movies without a license or maybe the school actually had a license. I’m not sure, but it does makes me extremely nervous to become a teacher, all of these rules and regulations, what if I did something that was illegal and I wasn’t even aware that is was unconstitutional?
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