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Blaster-Hedgie:

--- Quote from: gummi_bjorn on 14.03.2016, 18:38:33 ---good idea but one problem.
who has to supply the films?
and how about the copyright laws regarding public showings of the films??

sorry to pour vinegar in your lemonade, but the potential of a lawsuit and possible fines has to be adressed.

but if we can find solutions regarding this.
i am all for the idea!

best of luck
from gummibjorn


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Films on DVD & Blu-ray are licensed for use in private venues. Since EF requires registration and payment to enter, it's considered a private function, thusly, not a public screening. You could have 2000 people watching it, but if the film has been purchased legally, there's no way the studio can stop you from showing it in a private area.

Wawik:

--- Quote from: Blaster-Hedgie on 19.04.2016, 00:42:15 ---Films on DVD & Blu-ray are licensed for use in private venues. Since EF requires registration and payment to enter, it's considered a private function, thusly, not a public screening. You could have 2000 people watching it, but if the film has been purchased legally, there's no way the studio can stop you from showing it in a private area.

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Wrong, wrong, wrong and wrong.

A "private screening", insofar as the relevant laws are concerned, is 1) a defined group of people that 2) are in a personal relation with the person responsible. So you can show the film to your group of friends in your hotel room, but you cannot do the same in a function room where any random person can just wander in at any time. You could've maybe got away with that at a con of 250 people, but not one with 2500 in attendance...

Besides, you're obviously not allowed to advertise a private screening, as that would contradict each other.

Giovanni Magnus:
I take it that would be a no then.

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