Copyright

The use of videos in violation of the current copyright laws.

What is Copyright?

• Reproduction of work

• Derivative works based upon an original

• Distribution

• Publicly perform work

• Publicly display work

• Publicly perform work by means of a digital audio or visual transmission

Section 108 of the 1976 Copyright Act

• (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title and notwithstanding the provisions of section 106. It is not an infringement of copyright for a library or archives, or any of its employees acting within the scope of their employment, to reproduce no more that one copy or phonorecord of a work, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), or to distribute such copy or ph

In other words…

• No public performances (section 202)• Videos can be shown to “a normal circle of

family and its social acquaintances”(section 101)

• Semipublic performance are illegal without a license, this includes schools (Senate Report No. 94-473, p. 60; House Report No. 94-1476, p. 64)

• Non-profit educational purposes in face-to-face teaching activities(110.1)

Penalty

• If a person purposefully shows a video without a license, when one is required, for gain it is a federal crime and they can be fined $150,000 per showing

• Even if a person inadvertently shows a video there might be a civil fine of between $750 and $30,000.