Background
Thank you for your interest in The Round Barns of Vernon County. For the past ten years, we have focused on offering limited public performance licenses to institutions, providing a way to use the film for teaching and learning, research, or as part of an institution's artistic, outreach, or educational mission. At the same time, we are proud to have placed copies of the film in various libraries. We have frequently distributed free screeners to schools and community groups, and offered affordable rentals for individual viewing.
Philosophy
Our early approach to licensing reflected the film's modern, DIY ethos. We were eager to distribute directly to librarians, campus audiences, online classrooms, researchers, and campus groups. We believed (and still do) that assigning a monetary value to the film's public performance rights aligns with the broader principle of economic fairness, extending solidarity to fellow independent filmmakers and creative professionals—those striving to balance art and commerce. Now and in the future, institutions interested in securing a public performance license are welcome to reach out to discuss options.
How to Watch
Moving forward, individuals can find the film on YouTube. While we have a strong preference for a commercial-free viewing experience, the core content will remain unchanged. And as all things change and evolve, we believe it is best that anyone seeking the story of the Round Barns of Vernon County can discover it for themselves.
The license allows limited public performance rights to colleges, universities, and cultural institutions to encode, locally host and stream the film for purposes of teaching & learning, on a closed system for the life of the digital file and to use the film for campus presentations that are free of charge. The license allows for the institution's library to encode and create a DVD and/or a Bluray disc for patron checkout, and to utilize the digital file to reconstitute the physical media when replacement is necessary due to wear and tear or damage.