Copyright warnings at the start of a DVD are not Legal Advice and cannot revoke rights assigned by copyright law to the purchaser/licenser. Besides, that's DVDs and not music; they're licensed differently.
"2.1 Showing films on DVD or video to groups of prisoners or staff, either in communal areas or via in cell television systems, is considered to be a public performance for which a licence is required."
This is the UK version, be my guest to search for the U.S. equivalent before making any further claims.
No, the entire discussion is about an album that was played "without a license." I'm curious if they have a leg to stand on with their attempt to bill.
And again, movie licensing in the US is codified differently into law than music licensing. These licensing issues are not compatible.
No, your rights to use copyrighted content under the law are zero (excluding fair use). There are seven basic rights which are recognised, unless the copyright holder grants you one or more of these, then you are not permitted to use their content. They may add any additional terms to the license which they like, as long as they are legally sound.
One dirty trick which is used is to include something like "absolutely no copying" including for "education or personal use", which is not really true, because fair use permits limited copying. So that's an example of a non-legally sound clause.
The right to perform a work publicly and restrictions on those public places (e.g. as a studio I could license a work to be played publicly in a specific movie theatre) is one of the seven rights which are built-in to copyright law, so such restrictions are, in fact, sound.
> No, your rights to use copyrighted content under the law are zero (excluding fair use). No, your rights to use copyrighted content under the law are zero (excluding fair use).
No. You can "perform" the work as long as the performance is not "public." For instance, watching a DVD on your laptop by yourself at home is a "performance," but it's not public. This is a perfectly valid use of copyrighted content.
Thus, indeed a professional opinion is "needed."