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Films available in Academic Video Online include limited public performance rights (PPR), which includes permission for classroom showings, as well as public screenings, as long as no admission is being charged.**
**Excluding Film Platform titles and Sony Pictures Classic Collection
PPR is included for all content except those under the Feature Films for Education collection (https://libguides.utk.edu/databases/45105472).
Some Kanopy films can be shown in group settings. To confirm that there is no conflict with showing a title at an event Kanopy puts a small PPR box image in the full description of the video for those titles that have Public Performance Rights.
Go to our Kanopy Database and look up the title. Read the full description - you may have to click the "show more" in the description section of the videos page to see the full description. Keep in mind that we do not have access to all Kanopy titles. If you need access for a title the library does not have access, please contact your subject liaison librarian.
Also, after you do a search in Kanopy, there is now a PPR dropdown where you can select a box called "PPR Available" to see what titles have PPR.
Also Consider
Public Domain Films
Films in the public domain are copyright-free and can be shown at any event with no charge or license. Our library has a very good collection and is likely to have many of these films. Just make sure it is the exact film and not a reproduction of an older film (ex: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1916, is in the public domain; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,1954, is under copyright by Walt Disney). If we don’t own a DVD copy of a public domain film in our collection, anyone can request that we purchase it by filling out this form, but be aware that the library needs at least two months’ notice to acquire a film of this type and may not be able to obtain it. These films can be difficult to find and there are restrictions on where we can purchase due to state procurement rules.
Films in the public domain are copyright-free and can be shown at any event with no charge or license. Our library has a very good collection and is likely to have many of these films. Just make sure it is the exact film and not a reproduction of an older film (ex: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1916, is in the public domain; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,1954, is under copyright by Walt Disney). If we don’t own a DVD copy of a public domain film in our collection, anyone can request that we purchase it by filling out this form, but be aware that the library needs at least two months’ notice to acquire a film of this type and may not be able to obtain it. These films can be difficult to find and there are restrictions on where we can purchase due to state procurement rules.
Below is an example of one such place where you can check to see what films are in the public domain.
If you have questions, please contact your subject librarian. If you are part of a group or organization and do not know your subject librarian, contact the Public Services Help Desk.