However, the Canadian government may argue that, because a teacher is recording a program in Canada, Canadian laws apply. This question is best answered by a school's own attorney. It does not matter if a PBS program comes to the U.S. by way of a PBS contract with a Canadian distributor.
Canadian legislation is pending to apply a negotiated rate for off-air recording in schools.
The proposed amendment would allow educational institutions to record a single copy of a program off-air and keep it for 30 days for review. The amendment would also allow public display of the program for up to a year after it is recorded if it is a news program. When this legislation is enacted, it will most likely apply only to Canadian broadcasts, not to U.S. broadcast signals received in Canada.