Film distributors often have specific licensing terms for academic scenarios. Examples include:

• CLASSROOM RIGHTS may allow unlimited use in face-to-face classroom situations for the life of the media. These licenses generally do not include public screenings or digital transmission of any kind. When available, consumer-priced DVDs purchased with institutional licenses may be used in the classroom.
   
• PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHTS  allow educational and nonprofit groups to screen a film where admission is not charged. The term of the public performance license is for the life of the DVD. Films purchased without Public Performance Rights are restricted to individual viewing or face-to-face teaching in the classroom only. 
   
• DIGITAL SITE LICENSES allow colleges, universities, and nonprofits to locally host and stream to their community on a closed, password-protected system. Licensing periods can vary with terms such as 1-year, 3-years, 7-years; although some distributors do offer licenses for the life of the digital file.

• A Brief Guide to The Teach Act - Copyright Clearance Center

• Copyright Basics for Academia

• All of our streaming media resources can be used in an education environment (i.e., as class assignments or viewing as a class in the classroom setting).
   
• Not all streaming resources can be used legally for events outside of this educational environment. In order for a video to be used in other settings, such as a student group activity, screening as part of a lecture outside of the classroom, etc., we must obtain Public Performance Rights (PPR) for that film. 
   
• Many of the streaming films that McQuade provides access to have PPR. Everything provided by Academic Video Online (AVOn) and select Kanopy films have PPR. 
   
• If you are unsure how the films you are selecting can be screened, please contact a McQuade Librarian for more information. If McQuade Library does not retain PPR, our process is to contact the supplier to determine if the PPR can be purchased through an additional license. The length of this process varies and details about the screening (expected audience size, date, time, location, etc. will be needed)

• Public Statement of Library Copyright Specialists: Fair Use & Emergency Remote Teaching & Research

  Presented in support of college and university instructional needs during the COVID-19 crisis.

• Copyright & Fair Use

  Nearly everything you need to know about fair use, permissions, the public domain, and copyright law, courtesy of the folks at Stanford University Libraries.

• U.S. Copyright Act, U.S. Code, Title 17

Center for Media and Social Impact Codes of Best Practices

• Code of Best Practice in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries

• Code of Best Practice in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

• Society for Cinema and Media Studies’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use in Teaching for Film and Media Educators

• Documentary Filmmakers' Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use