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by troleman
Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:58 am
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Community Cinema And Showing old Movies
Replies: 3
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Andy

Thank you very much for your detailed reply. And sorry for the delay in replying.

Since I've only got into this recently I'm finding that it is a bit of a minefield. We bought our screening license from a company that seem to act as a kind of broker who deals with the copyright owners. There ...
by troleman
Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:23 pm
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Community Cinema And Showing old Movies
Replies: 3
Views: 10826

DVD vs Film

I should add that the version of "The General" we showed was an "enhanced" version on DVD with a music soundtrack - although the license itself does not specify which medium to use - and several different such versions are available.

It could be argued that the people who create these DVD versions ...
by troleman
Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:01 pm
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Community Cinema And Showing old Movies
Replies: 3
Views: 10826

Community Cinema And Showing old Movies

Our local film club recently showed Buster Keaton's film of 1926 "The General" and we paid a substantial fee for the right to show it as a non-theatrical screening.

In the US this film is in the public domain as its license was not renewed after 28 years as required by US copyright law at that time ...