Presentation given to RAs at a Univesrity of Michigan dorm about the issue of residents watching movies in groups.

1. Movie
night
in the
dorms
Greg Grossmeier
grossmei@umich.edu
lib.umich.edu/copyright
Except where otherwise noted, this presentation is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license,
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

2. Disclaimer:
I am not a lawyer thus this
is not legal advice. I am
merely helping you think
about these legal issues.

4. What is ?

5. US Constitution
“To promote the progress of science
and useful arts, by securing for limited
times to authors and inventors the
exclusive right to their respective
writings and discoveries”

6. Not a tool to control all
content forever in all
mediums.

7. But what is ?

8. “a bundle of rights”

9. The right to reproduce the work
The right to prepare derivative works
The right to distribute the work
The right to perform the work
The right to display the work
The right to license any of the above to third parties

10. How do I get ?

11. How do I receive
copyright protection for
my work?

12. First, it must meet some
basic requirements:
● It must be original.
● It must have some level of
creativity.
● It must be in a fixed medium.

13. Old Days -
You use this symbol
And provide a date 1930
And register it with the
US Copyright Office.

14. Now-a-days:
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15. Now-a-days:
Also, it's instant.

16. Copyright protects… Copyright doesn’t protect…
Writing Ideas
Choreography Facts
Music Data (mostly)
Visual art Useful articles (that’s patent)
Film
Architectural works

17. How long does
protection last?

18. The life of the Author
plus 70 years
(for now).

19. After that

20. The Public Domain

21. General Rules for Public Domain/Copyright Status
Works No Longer Protected by Copyright
• Published before 1923
• Published between '23 and '63, but it depends.
• Authored by the Federal Government

22. General Rules for Public Domain/Copyright Status
Works Still Protected by Copyright
• Published after '63
• Published between '23 and '63, but it depends
• Most State and Municipal works

23. Exceptions

24. Fair Use
17 USC 107

25. An exception to
copyright
protection.

26. The Four Factors
● The Nature of the original work
● The Purpose of the use
● The Amount of the original work
● The Affect on the Market of the original
Remember: Every case is different

27. Now, dorms and...

29. Remember seeing...

32. Issues in the dorms

34. No license/permission
needed.

36. License or permission
needed.

37. A lot between those? Yes.

38. Real life situations?

39. Thank You.
Greg Grossmeier
grossmei@umich.edu
lib.umich.edu/copyright

40. Attributions
● Slide 1: movie night! – ginnerobot – CC:BY-SA
● Slide 28: Watching a blank screen – ToastyKen – CC:BY
● Slide 30: FBI Warning – Used under Fair Use. All Rights
Reserved.
● Slide 31: “FBI Warning - Exercise Your Copy Rights” by Mark
Gunderson of the Evolution Control Committee. Used under Fair
Use.
● Slide 33: Watching 5th element – Debs (ò‿ó)♪ – CC:BY
● Slide 35: Weird movie watching – Stepheye – CC:BY