{"id":6254,"date":"2016-10-06T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firemark.com\/?p=6254"},"modified":"2016-10-06T22:11:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T05:11:19","slug":"actor-liability-content-entertainment-law-asked-answered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firemark.com\/2016\/10\/06\/actor-liability-content-entertainment-law-asked-answered\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Liability for Content – Entertainment Law Asked & Answered"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/iframe> \nAUDIO: <div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Actor Liability for Content – Entertainment Law Asked & Answered\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2016-10-06T22:00:33-07:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M51S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\r\nAUDIO: \r\n\r\nTRANSCRIPT:\r\n\r\nhttp:\/\/firemark.com\r\n\r\nCan an actor or voice artist be liable for performing scenes or quotes from existing plays, movies and TV shows?\r\n\r\nHi, I'm attorney Gordon Firemark, and this is Asked and Answered, where I answer yo...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/entertainmentlawupdate\/AAActorLiabilityforContent.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"3.9\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3868\"><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/entertainmentlawupdate\/AAActorLiabilityforContent.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3868','http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/entertainmentlawupdate\/AAActorLiabilityforContent.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/firemark.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/entertainmentlawupdate\/AAActorLiabilityforContent.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/firemark.com\/?powerpress_pinw=6254-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/entertainmentlawupdate\/AAActorLiabilityforContent.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"AAActorLiabilityforContent.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 2:51 — 3.9MB)<\/p>Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/firemark.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><\/p>\nTRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/firemark.com\">http:\/\/firemark.com<\/a><\/p>\nCan an actor or voice artist be liable for performing scenes or quotes from existing plays, movies and TV shows?<\/p>\nHi, I'm attorney Gordon Firemark, and this is Asked and Answered, where I answer your entertainment law questions, to help you take your career and business to the next level.<\/p>\n<\/p>\nSo Gary wrote in with an interesting question, here's what he says:<\/p>\nRecently found your YouTube channel and it's such a great resource.<\/p>\n(Thank you very much, I'm glad it's helpful)<\/p>\nHe continues…<\/p>\nI'm a voiceover talent and was recently asked to record lines from a popular movie. I do not know the intended use. It's most likely YouTube or an internal corporate video but I\u2019m not 100% certain.<\/p>\nIn general, is it an issue to have someone that is obviously not, say Will Smith, record some phrase or quote from a film for a YouTube video… IF I was to record it and deliver it for someone else to produce, and they infringed with its use, could I get into trouble or are they solely responsible?<\/p>\nThanks so much for your channel and help.<\/p>\nWell, Gary, you\u2019re right to be (a little) concerned.\u00a0 I think it\u2019s unlikely you would be held liable for reading something a client gives you, but if you\u2019re doing the recording yourself, in your own studio (as I know many VO artists do), you\u2019re technically infringing copyright.<\/p>\nNow, a short quote or a single line is probably not a problem\u2026 but if you were to do entire scenes, long monologues, or even more\u2026 that could be an issue.\u00a0 We're talking here, really, about whether this is a fair-use… And you can find my explainer video on that topic at http:\/\/firemark.com\/fairuseinbrief<\/p>\nBut really, the best scenario is that you use a written contract with the client specifying that the client has all necessary rights to the material, and indemnifies you against any claims or damages resulting from their failure to have all those necessary rights.<\/p>\nNow that will help, but an indemnification clause is really only as strong as the financial position of the person behind it.<\/p>\nIndemnify means, basically, that that the person, the indemnitor, will hold you, the indemnitee, harmless against any claims and liabilities.\u00a0 That they'll essentially pay you back, “make you whole” for any losses you suffer.\u00a0 But if they're broke, how are they going to do that.<\/p>\nSo, bottom line.\u00a0 Make sure you ask whether they've got the rights Make sure they promise to indemnify you. And, make sure you can trust that they'll actually be able to do so, if push comes to shove.<\/p>\nOtherwise, think really hard about whether the job is worth the risk. \u00a0And turn it down, if it's not.<\/p>\nSo, I hope this helps. If *you* have a question you'd like to see here on Asked and Answered, just visit firemark.com\/questions and let me know.<\/p>\nSee you next time!<\/p>\nThis is intended as general information only and does not establish an attorney-client relationship. It is not a substitute for a private, independent consultation with an attorney selected to advise you after a full investigation of the facts and law relevant to your matter. 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