This week on Law and Video Podcast (December 18, 2007)

This week’s legal Q & A session is now available at http://www.lawandvideo.com.

We record live on Live Tuesdays at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern, or you can download and listen at your convenience.

This week’s topics:

•  Are Movie titles Trademarks?  Can I be forced to give up my fan-website name?
• Works created for the Government… Can the government implement changes at will?
• Copyright for educational video projects in the United Arab Emirates.
• Going rates for legal work on mid-budget independent films.
• Do I need releases for deceased subjects of 1930′s era true-story film?
• Does a contract include only tv rights, or is internet, dvd, etc. included?
• Can I use SAG actors in a non-SAG film?
• How do DEFERRED and CONTINGENT compensation deals work?
• What music rights are needed (and from whom) for a  (live stage) christmas show/concert/pageant?

We’ll be taking Christmas  Day and New Year’s day off, and returning to our live schedule  in early January.

• How can I take investment for my video project without violating SEC rules?