Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Update for Copyright Guidelines

GPB Education would like to update educators and parents on copyright guidelines for GPB Education produced programming and non-GPB produced programming:

GPB Education Produced Programming
Broadcast: Receiving entities shall be permitted to record and duplicate a maximum of three copies of GPB Education produced programming for the purposes of cataloging and placing into circulation for educational use. Programs produced by GPB Education include Georgia Stories I, Georgia Stories II, Irasshai I, Irasshai II, The People's House, Salsa, Count On It and Transitions.

Digital: Receiving entities shall be permitted to record and duplicate an unlimited number of GPB Education produced programming for the purposes of cataloging and placing into circulation for educational use. Rights for these programs are extended to educational entities in perpetuity.

Non-GPB Produced Programming
Broadcast: Receiving entities shall be permitted to record, catalog and put into circulation for educational use one copy of programs distributed via the GPB Education Satellite network during the time frame for which GPB Education holds broadcast rights. Each school or other receiving entity shall be responsible for erasing or destroying tapes of programs delivered by GPB Education for which broadcast rights have expired. A list of these programs shall be maintained and posted on the GPB Education Web site. Receiving entities shall not duplicate the recorded copy for distribution purposes.

Digital: Receiving entities shall be permitted to record, catalog and put into circulation for educational use unlimited copies of programs available via the GPB Education streaming portal. Each school or other receiving entity shall be responsible for erasing or destroying tapes of programs delivered by the GPB Education streaming portal for which broadcast rights have expired. Receiving entities shall not duplicate the recorded copy for distribution purposes. No materials downloaded shall be permitted to be used on Web sites, unless those sites are password protected and only accessed by students.

Georgia Public Broadcasting rights that are granted through media distributors (vendors) are limited to retransmission only over Georgia Public Broadcasting's broadcast system and are not transferable to third parties.