Your will for acting correctly with this film thing is a good
approach, but I think some good sense should be applied
here.
First, beware I'm not a lawyer...
But if you show the film to one of two classes as an
illustration of some of your teaching, that you (or the
school where all will happen) does not ask any payment to the
viewer specifically for viewing the film, and if you are not
acting as a "cine-club" I think the best is to ask permission
to the
*distributor* of the cassette in France , if you rally need a
permission. If they are reluctant, then they are really
fussy
(unless you did not explain clearly the limited, non public,
one-shot...etc use).
Thinking twice, maybe *as a cine-club* you could escape some
problems, knowing the French government allows often large
facilities for cultural organizations? But then maybe you
have to source the cassette from some lending organism? Just
a wild guess (?)
I'm surprised to learn that short views as citations from
films are forbidden by your Ministry! Especially invoking the
artistic integrity!!! They should take some training with
Hollywood producers... or big American chains for Video
rentals... to learn how to forget about that.
Then, poor students... you cannot CITE anything from the
modern literature neither (if still under copyright) and they
(or you)will really be obliged to read the whole book- if we
apply the same kind of reasoning as for films?
Vivent les maths!
E.Borgers Hard-Boiled Mysteries http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
--- Philip Benz <
Philip.Benz@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Sorry if this is a bit off topic, but I figured
if
> anyone could provide
> an answer y'all could.
>
> I'd like to obtain authorization to use a number
of
> classic film noir
> films in my classroom: The Maltese Falcon, The
Third
> Man, The Lady from
> Shanghai, The Big Sleep and Key Largo. I need
to
> know the agency that I
> can request authorization from, both to use
short
> excerpts from these
> films and on occasion to show one or more of them
in
> their entirety.
>
> In the past, short citations from films (up to
3
> minutes in length) were
> considered to fall under the fair use
provisions,
> and thus were exempt
> from the need to obtain prior authorization. A
new
> interpretation
> commissioned by the education ministry asserts
that
> to show a small
> portion of a film infringes on the
artistic
> integrity of the work, and
> hence is not allowed. So if I'm to avoid becoming
a
> hardened criminal, I
> need to request authorization.
>
> Kafka would be proud, n'est-ce pas?
>
> Cheers, --- Phil
> Lycé¥ Astier, Aubenas, France
>
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