I don't know the details of how this works (perhaps someone on this list
does?), but I suspect that a) a portion of the rental fee goes towards
paying royalties or b) the hotel - more likely, the system from whom the
hotel rents the video - has already acquired performance rights.

Given these suspicions, I'd hate to use this as a model for libraries'
in-hospital video lending!

-- Lise M. Dyckman
   Solomon Medical Library
   St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco
   (415) 750-5795
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Detwiler [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 7:27 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Videos and performance rights issues
>
>
> How different is this to being in a hotel and renting a video to watch
> there? Many hotels have video machines in the rooms, and a
> selection of
> videos to rent while you're staying. Perhaps its just a
> different purchase
> agreement for the videos, in order to rent them out to the patients.
>
>
> Susan Detwiler
> The Detwiler Group
> Author: SUPER SEARCHERS ON HEALTH & MEDICINE (Information Today, Inc.,
> October 2000)
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