Law and Video Podcast - new episode
By Gordon Firemark | March 25, 2008
The latest episode of The Law and Video Podcast is now available at http://www.lawandvideo.com.
This week we discussed:
News: Industry pushes for Copyright Prevention Law tied to college loan funding
- Live Call: Can I do anything with some old film footage I bought at a garage sale?
Email questions:
- How do I start an independent record label?
- How do I find and hire an entertainment lawyer?
- What can I show and what can’t I show when making a “Cops” style local TV show.
- Can an adult-video producer require participants to sign a confidentiality agreement? Can it be enforced?
- Blu-Ray licenses required for authoring discs? DRM and the DMCA.
The Law and Video podcast is a weekly live call-in question-and-answer audio programwhere I answer questions about legal and business issues facing video- and film-makers.
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Law and Video entertainment law Podcast for March 4, 2008
By Gordon Firemark | March 5, 2008
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.
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Law and Video podcast - December 4, 2007
By Gordon Firemark | December 4, 2007
Yup, another episode of the Law and Video podcast is in-the-can! This week’s legal Q & A session is now available at http://www.lawandvideo.com.
Normally, we record live on Live Tuesdays at 5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern, or download and listen at your convenience. Next week, however, Ive got a date conflict, so the live recording will happen on Monday, January 10 at 5pm Pacific, 8pm Eastern.
This week’s topics:.
- Filming/Videotaping a civil-war reenactment.. can I use the footage in a chamber of commerce video?
- Where does it say that I can’t use the content of my copy of a DVD however I want?
- I discuss the constitutional basis for copyright, and what copyright law covers.
- Stock Footage house grants an oral license, but won’t issue a written document… what should I do?
- How do I give proper copyright notice, and associate my work with myself/my company?
- What are my responsibilities as an employer? Do I have to pay overtime, etc?
- Child Actor issues - is a studio teacher and an on-set nurse really required?
- What is ” Chain of Title” and how does it work?
- How can I determine who owns a copyright? Where do I look?
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