May the members of a community discussion group, which meets at the public library view videotape without securing permission from the copyright owner?
Performance of a commercially produced video in a public library to members of the general public is an infringement if the copyright holder does not grant performance rights. The only place a video may be shown to a group without having regularly occurring class at an educational institution in the context of having a systematic course of instruction having an instructor and students.
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