All video screening events open to the greater college community; for departmental and administrative offices; for student organizations; held in a public space; and/or are not part of a specific class or classes require a Movie Copyright Compliance Site License, commonly known as Public Performance Rights (PPR). PPR are mandated by Federal Copyright Laws and the entire Kalamazoo College Community is obliged to comply with those laws.
In addition to use in classrooms, videos that are owned by the College may ordinarily be viewed by students, faculty or staff at workstations or in small-group rooms in the Library. These videos may also be viewed at home (e.g., in a dorm room), as long as no more than a few friends are involved. Larger audiences, such as groups that might assemble in a residence hall living room or lounge, do require explicit permission from the copyright owner, or PPR. The Library’s online catalog bibliographic record includes the note “Public Performance Rights” for videos in our collection that were purchased with PPR or have passed into the public domain. Faculty, staff, and students may show a video outside of the classroom and open the program to the greater Kalamazoo College community if they arrange for purchase of PPR.
Faculty and staff wishing to pursue the purchase of PPR may contact Media Services at kmedia@kzoo.edu or at campus extension 7138. Media Services will then make the necessary contact(s) to purchase PPR for the film. The faculty, staff, or department who is requesting PPR will be responsible for the cost involved. PPR costs vary widely from $100-700 depending on how recent, and/or how popular, is the requested video. Also, under these arrangements it is not permissible to charge any audience member a fee for viewing the video for which public performance rights were obtained. A minimum of 2 weeks notice is necessary to arrange for purchase of PPR.
Students wishing to pursue the purchase of PPR for Student Organization events should contact The Office of Student Involvement.