Originally posted by: boris
Of course they just own a copy. And that copy can be shown publically, if one obtains the proper license.
And what if someone doesn't want their movie shown on TV? Then that's their right to do so.
They don't OWN the movie - they own a copy for private use only.
Of course they just own a copy. And that copy can be shown publically, if one obtains the proper license.
And what if someone doesn't want their movie shown on TV? Then that's their right to do so.
We're not talking about TV broadcast; we're talking about public performance. There are clearinghouses for obtaining public performance licenses (at least in Canada there are), and I'm not sure they can discriminate as to what commercially-available titles you can and cannot show publicly once you hold a license. Which is exactly how it should be.