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No.
Under the Fair Use Doctrine, copyright is not infringed if it is used toward teaching students.
Face-To-Face Teaching Activities
Performance or Display of Copyrighted Materials During Face-to-Face Teaching. In addition to the fair use exemption and library exemption, the Copyright Act does provide an exemption to perform or display copyrighted materials during face-to-face teaching activities. Such use does not require the author’s permission. Note, however, that this exemption does not permit copying or distributing a work—only displaying or performing it.
for the most part, no, this could be consider a private viewing. its understood that you pay for the class, but your not opening it up to the public and charging a fee. royalties are covered in a rental or purchase fee if you stay within these limits.
They can be shown for teaching and educational purposes.
In general, legally obtained copies of materials can be used in face-to-face classrooms for educational purposes without violating copyright laws. However, the issue quickly becomes murkier if you want to tape something off television to show in your class. At this point the Fair Use exemption to United States copyright law probably comes into effect. The Fair Use exemption allows for educational use of copyrighted material without permission of the author (amongst other uses). However, Fair Use comprises a short excerpt that is attributed to the original source. Further, the use of the material should not harm the commercial value of the material. If you plan on using a longer piece of material I suggest that you contact your University counsel to determine your University’s policy concerning copyrighted material.