I see what you mean, WGTRay… I should have emphasized that the purchased “blanket” public performance rights I mentioned apply to public libraries & schools… and in some cases, to other non-profit organizations like churches and service clubs. For our library’s needs, the Dreamworks films are available through the Movie Licensing-USA’s blanket license but not through MPLC. See this website for a list of the film distributors covered by ML-USA:
We use IMDb to determine which distributor controls the film and whether that distributor is part of one of these blanket PPR licenses.
I think that the MPLC may be available to for-profit organizations. This is what their website says:
“Over 100,000 locations, including child care programs, public libraries, schools, clubs, park and recreation depts, and corporations have obtained MPLC’s Umbrella License with the assurance that the Videos they show are in compliance with the federal Copyright Act.”
Besides the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation there is also a distributor called Movie Licensing USA. For a public library their fees are more than double but the catalog is more diverse & larger.
On the IMDB.com database you can find out the distributor of individual films. Look at the “Company Credits” link to the left. There are often several distributors listed, be sure you select one for your country and that mentions it is for DVD. You can also get a casual view of each distributor’s catalog by clicking their name when it is in hypertext format.
I see what you mean, WGTRay… I should have emphasized that the purchased “blanket” public performance rights I mentioned apply to public libraries & schools… and in some cases, to other non-profit organizations like churches and service clubs. For our library’s needs, the Dreamworks films are available through the Movie Licensing-USA’s blanket license but not through MPLC. See this website for a list of the film distributors covered by ML-USA:
http://www.movlic.com/library.html
We use IMDb to determine which distributor controls the film and whether that distributor is part of one of these blanket PPR licenses.
I think that the MPLC may be available to for-profit organizations. This is what their website says:
“Over 100,000 locations, including child care programs, public libraries, schools, clubs, park and recreation depts, and corporations have obtained MPLC’s Umbrella License with the assurance that the Videos they show are in compliance with the federal Copyright Act.”
Besides the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation there is also a distributor called Movie Licensing USA. For a public library their fees are more than double but the catalog is more diverse & larger.
On the IMDB.com database you can find out the distributor of individual films. Look at the “Company Credits” link to the left. There are often several distributors listed, be sure you select one for your country and that mentions it is for DVD. You can also get a casual view of each distributor’s catalog by clicking their name when it is in hypertext format.