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Public Performance Rights (PPR) are the legal rights to publicly show any media (streaming, DVD, video, etc.).  A performance is considered public if any of the following are true:

• The screening is open to the public
• The screening is in a public space (dorm lounge, cafeteria, library, auditorium, student union, etc.)
• Access is not restricted
• Persons attending are outside the normal constituency

Showing media, whether borrowed from the library, or rented, purchased, or streamed, to groups outside the classroom may be illegal, and may place the institution at legal risk.