But simply showing the video to a class is an offense. Many FBI warnings specifically note that the video cannot be shown to school or prison groups. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leo Enticknap" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 5:14 AM Subject: Reply: Reproducing stills and Fair Use > It's also worth bearing in mind that for practical purposes, the words > 'fair use' only have any kind of magic in the United States. Although the > Berne Convention does provide for the stipulations of the copyright law in > which a film was originally registered applying to all signatory nations, > the big studios get round this by registering films separately for > copyright purposes in all the nations they operate in. > > So 'fair use' might allow you to (for example) capture a frame from a video > and stick it in a Powerpoint slide which is then shown to a class of > undergrads in New York, but if you then took that presentation to London > and showed it, you'd probably be committing an offence. > > Leo > > Dr. Leo Enticknap > Director, Northern Region Film and Television Archive > School of Arts and Media > University of Teesside > Middlesbrough TS1 3BA > United Kingdom > Tel. +44-(0)1642 384022 > Fax. +44-(0)1642 384099 > Brainfryer: +44-(0)7710 417383 > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html