Can my club show a movie?

Almost every movie requires permission from the producer before it can be shown to any group.

You've seen the FBI warnings scroll across the screen, haven't you? In brief, the warning says you have permission to show the movie in your own home (e.g. dorm room, apartment, or house) to your own family and close friends. For anywhere else or any other group, with one exception, you must get permission. The one exception is that a professor/teacher may show a film to a class without getting special permission, if the portion(s) of the film shown directly relate to the subject of the class.

All of this means that you must get permission to show a movie to a club. Ask the Media Services Department (760-8444) in the library for more information about all of this.

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