Posted by Jean M Bruce on January 18, 2009 at 3:07pm
I have an English teacher that is putting together a school production this spring that will include poems, monologues, and songs. The event will be advertised for general community attendance with a charge at the door. She is fighting me about getting permission to use all works. (the show will also be videotapes and copies sold to performers.) Am I wrong? It sure would be easy if I tell her to at least cite where she's getting all the material in the program. She claims she's covered since this is a school production and does not need to get permissions. Any concrete evidence would be great right now, as I'm being looked at as the bad copyright cop.
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Explain the copyright rules to her and then have her sign a waiver that says you have explained it and that you and the principal are no longer liable for her violations. This at least documents that you have done your job.
You'll have to take a collaborative approach rather than a confrontational one or you'll get nowhere. Ask her to help you go over the "Four Factors" - to determine that there's nothing to worry about. I suspect she'll recognize that there is, in fact, reason to be concerned.
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