Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Movies under stars

Someone in the Hampton Terrace area is hosting an outdoor movie night at his house in the upcoming weeks.

Cool!

Posted by David Scott Banghart at 5/23/2006 11:31:00 PM

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'll bite. Where is this? And, are we invited? Or, are you just giving us ideas for ourselves?

5/24/2006 8:59 AM
Anonymous said...

I don't think that plans have been finalized yet but they are being worked on!

5/24/2006 3:53 PM
Anonymous said...

This is something that we've discussed in OSHNA's neighborhood involvement committee. The problem is that distributors charge a hefty fee for showing these films. We've talked about doing something at the Garden Center or possibly at a park on the river.

The question is how do you recoup the cost?

5/25/2006 6:52 PM
Anonymous said...

$2 donation and the association covers the difference! What about looping in the local film making community and having the world premier at the garden center? Great for the hood and supporting the arts at the same time - anyone in the new arts group that can help out????

5/25/2006 9:31 PM
Anonymous said...

I am not an authority but I deal with this a little bit at work and can say that there are public performance rights that cause the distibutors to charge for the film to be shown. here's some info to clarify:

The public performance right allows the copyright holder to control the public performance of certain copyrighted works. Under the public performance right, a copyright holder is allowed to control when the work is performed "publicly." A performance is considered "public" when the work is performed in a "place open to the public or at a place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances are gathered." A performance is also considered to be public if it is transmitted to multiple locations, such as through television and radio. Thus, it would be a violation of the public performance right in a motion picture to rent a video and to show it in a public park or theater without obtaining a license from the copyright holder. In contrast, the performance of the video on a home TV where friends and family are gathered would not be considered a "public" performance and would not be prohibited under the Copyright Act.
I asked someone here where to start and they suggested www.swank.com - apparently they are the main feature film licensing co. She also suggested movielicensing.com.
Good luck! It woudl be very cool to do if possible.

5/26/2006 3:22 PM

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