Hi Jeremy! Calgary Public Library has a license agreement with a company called Criterion. The agreement grants the Library the rights to screen some DVDs from its circulating collection in the programs and tours that occur in library locations. These rights apply only to the screening of DVDs in the Library by Library staff. They do not extend to customers who borrow the Library’s DVDs. They do not extend to staff taking programs into the community. Part of our agreement states that we can only advertise for these showings "in-library" -- which means we have signage around the branches, and customers can call staff to inquire about the titles. However, the internet exists outside of the library so we can't state the titles anywhere online (facebook, twitter, even in the blogs!) and we can't put the titles in the program guides, since those also circulate outside the branches. In the case of Central Library, there is a different agreement, called Audio Cine, in effect, which DOES allow us to advertise outside the branch, hence the poster for the recent showing of "The Muppets"! Hope this answers your questions!

Can you elaborate on the 'copyright' stuff?