The "Education Exemption"

Under the "Education Exemption," copyrighted movies may be exhibited in a college without a license only if the movie exhibition is:

• An "integral part of a class session" and is of "material assistance to the teaching content."
• Supervised by a teacher in a classroom.
• Attended only by students enrolled in a registered class of an accredited nonprofit educational institution.
• Lawfully made using a movie that has been legally produced and obtained through rental or purchase.

The above statement is an excerpt from the Swank Motion Picture Company’s document entitled Film & Video Copyright Infringement: What Your College or University Needs to Know About the Public Peformance of Movies. The entire document can be accessed on their website at: http://swank.com/college/pdf/SwankCopyright.pdf. You can also read the complete text of Section 110 of the Copyright Law at http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#110.