The face to face teaching exemption at 17 U.S.C. Section 110 (1) allows instructors (discussion group leaders) of Extraordinary Movies, a non-profit educational organization, to show films, in their entirety, as part of a course curriculum, to students in a classroom or similar place. Here is the relevant statutory language:
17 USC Section 110 (1) provides that the following is not a violation of copyright:
“Performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction unless, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, the performance, or display of individual images, is given by means of a copy that was not lawfully made under this title, and that the person responsible for the performance knew or had reason to believe was not lawfully made.” As long as the copy of the work was lawfully obtained, displaying the work in a physical classroom setting is permitted.