Can you mention movies in books?

No permission is needed to mention song titles, movie titles, names, etc. You do not need permission to include song titles, movie titles, TV show titles—any kind of title—in your work. You can also include the names of places, things, events, and people in your work without asking permission. These are facts.

Can you use movie clips for educational purposes?

When you’re using a film, video, or TV program in a classroom for teaching or educational purposes, such performance or display of the entire work may be allowed without permission under the face to face teaching exemption at 17 U.S.C. §110(1).

Can I show a movie to my class?

Do I need a license to show a movie for educational purposes? Under the “Face-to-Face Teaching Exemption,” copyrighted movies may be shown in a K-12 school setting without copyright permission only if all criteria are met: A teacher or instructor is present, engaged in face-to-face teaching activities.

Why does my copy of the movie come with a license?

Your copy of the movie came with an express license authorizing the particular manner of showing. (For example, some educational movies, such as those purchased directly from California Newsreel at the “institutional” price, come with licenses to show the movies for certain noncommercial institutional purposes.)

Can I use a copyrighted movie screenshot for fair use?

Fair use is applicable only on copyrighted screenshots. As a general rule, any screenshot that is not copyrighted can be used in the public domain. In order to identify fair usage of a copyrighted movie screenshot, you need to evaluate it under 4-factor balancing test.

Is it legal to use names of movies and books?

Names of movies, writers, songs, books, celebrities, etc. What you cannot do is use actual copyrighted material: an excerpt from a book, lyrics from a song, dialog from a movie. But names do not enjoy copyright protection.

Do I have the right to show a movie to the public?

In particular, you do not have the right to show the movie to “the public.” In most cases, doing that requires a separate “public performance” license from the copyright owner.