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Publicly screening a film (Law)
My question is simple: how does copyright law apply to a screening of a film (privately-owned on DVD) in a group setting?
To be clear, I'm part of the Residence Life staff at my university, and as part of a welcome-back event for our residents, we were hoping to show a feature film in the inner courtyard of the residence hall (dorm). It is a private space accessible to (and viewable by) only members of the university's student community. However, because this might be a fairly large group (I'd expect no less than fifty and up to a couple hundred residents to stop by), I was worried that legal issues might be involved.
Does anyone have experience with this?
Edit: also, the event is free.
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