Originally posted by: Mielr
I don't think there's anything LFL can do about showing 100 of your closest friends the DVDs in the privacy of your own home (as long as you don't charge admission), but I know that you couldn't show them in any public place, like a restaurant.
A 35mm print is a different deal- since 35mm prints have never been sold by LFL, they are all still the property of LFL and if you own one- it's stolen, so you're breaking the law simply by possessing it.
I don't think there's anything LFL can do about showing 100 of your closest friends the DVDs in the privacy of your own home (as long as you don't charge admission), but I know that you couldn't show them in any public place, like a restaurant.
A 35mm print is a different deal- since 35mm prints have never been sold by LFL, they are all still the property of LFL and if you own one- it's stolen, so you're breaking the law simply by possessing it.
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So, what about all those theaters that ran Star Wars back in 1977? Do they just rent/lend out the prints and, they have to return them at the end of the run or something?
