<FancyL.uke@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm an English teacher in Japan, working at a small, private school.
> Part of the job is creating new possible cl***** that would be
> interesting and fun for students. I had the idea of building a class
> around American TV shows. I'm sure I could handle the logistics of it
> (planning and whatnot), but I'm unsure about the legal ramifications
> of it.
>
> If I purchase a DVD box set of 'Friends', am I able to show episodes
> in class on a regular basis. Since students are paying for this class,
> it seems iffy. Any ideas?
No US copyright holder is going to GAF what you do with a store bought CD
in
your Japanese ESL class, if that's what you're asking. The problem I see
is
that by showing your class Friends you're likely going to produce a class
full of vapid thirty something yuppie **** for brains.


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