Section 110

Question

Teachers at our school like to use pictures from movies to decorate their doors.  What rules apply to this?

Answer

At "Ask the Lawyer," we are frequently amazed at the diversity of the copyright questions we get.  When we started the service, we thought we'd often refer people back to answers that had already been covered.

But librarians always find a way to switch things up!

What are the new variables this time?

"Doors" and "images from movies."


Question

The question relates to showing a performance video to a sanctioned college club. I understand that as long as the college's library owns the DVD or streaming rights, the movie can be shown in its entirety for educational purposes in a classroom to registered members of the institution.

Answer

First question
As you say, a college can show a movie they own, without further licensing, so long as: