WSBE Rhode Island PBS | Education Services Department

Rhode Island PBS has purchased the rights for Rhode Island schools to record programs when they aired, and to use them at a later more advantageous time within the school schedule. You may record, view, and show Rhode Island PBS (ITV) Instructional Television programs according to the following code.

P
In Perpetuity: (Life of tape) An ITV program may be recorded off the air and used for educational purposes as long as the physical tape is usable.

Y
Year Long: An ITV program may be recorded and retained for educational purposes in the classroom for one year from the time it was taped, regardless of the national original broadcast date and regardless of how many subsequent times the program airs. After one year, the program should be erased.
D
Dated: An ITV program may be recorded off the air and used for educational purposes until the stated expiration date regardless of when the program was recorded. On the expiration date, the program should be erased.

Please check specific dates of broadcast rights in each program description given in this ITV Guide.

If your school has recorded any ITV program that is no longer broadcast by Rhode Island PBS, YOU MUST ERASE IT! Failure to erase a program is a violation of the programs' copyright and subjects your school and school district to full prosecution under program copyright laws.

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