The latest episode of The Law and Video Podcast is now available at http://www.lawandvideo.com.

This week we discussed:

• Smoking Bans vs. the First Amendment – Minnesota bars and restaurants casting themselves as theatres. Patrons as “performers”, with smoking as theatrical performance.
• Copyright Ownership of public access broadcasts of city council meetings
• Legality of UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) style videos filmed on private property.
• Copyright in U.S. Government funded works, such as Nasa videos and animations
• Rights of freelance bar-mitzvah videographersLegal pitfalls and issues when starting a movie download website

The Law and Video podcast is a live, weekly call-in question-and-answer audio program with entertainment attorney Gordon Firemark answering questions about legal and business issues facing video- and film-makers.