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As the camping season approaches, please be
reminded that a public performance license is
required to show videos or DVDs at your camp.
The Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC)
provides this license with a discount for American
Camp Association (ACA) members. If you are already
an MPLC license holder, you need not re-apply.
Your license is automatically renewed at your
guaranteed low rate.
The Federal Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17 of the United States Code,
states that all home videocassette exhibitions outside one's personal residence
are "public performances" and mandates they be licensed. Non-compliance
can subject those who infringe to statutory damages starting at $750 per exhibition.
This legal requirement applies equally to profit and non-profit facilities, whether
or not an admission is charged. The MPLC, the authorized licensing representative
for Hollywood studios and producers, provides the license that is required to
comply with Federal law. It also allows those who rent your facility to be covered
for video use, protecting your property from inadvertent copyright liability.
If you currently show videocassettes or plan to this season, please follow the
link to the application below, and return it with the appropriate payment. Your
Certificate of License will be sent by U.S. mail. We hope that you will join
the over 250,000 locations nationwide that have obtained MPLC licenses and now
show movies legally.
If you have not thought of showing videos in the past, now is the time. The MPLC
agreement has proven to be an excellent benefit for the hundreds of ACA members
who use videos from producers, ranging from Disney to Warner Bros.
As your colleagues are already aware, once you are licensed, your fee remains
unchanged (except for possible CPI adjustments) representing a substantial cost
savings.
If you have questions, please contact either the ACA membership department at
(317) 342-8456, or the MPLC at (800) 462-8855 or www.mplc.org
We wish you a successful season.
Download the Umbrella
License® Application (PDF)
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