Indie Filmmaker’s journal: Part Four.
Copyright investigations include looking at the work for copyright notice, author, publisher, place and date of publication, directly searching the copyright office and other records or pay to have the copyright office do a search. Well that is the start, but Copyright circular 22 says “the results may not be conclusive.” They go on to say “In many cases, it is important to consult with a copyright attorney before reaching any conclusions regarding the copyright status of a work.”
Okay. I get the picture. I need to assume there is a copyright owner and I need to find out who that is and ask them for permission. I can’t afford an attorney who is going to charge me more per hour that earn in a week. I am trying to increase the cultural destiny of my community and my world by putting work on public access TV and on my Youtube site. I have to get the permissions myself.
8/01/2012
Copyright Permission and Fair Use
Indie Filmmaker’s journal: Part Three.
As we learned more about copyrights and trademarks. We looked around as we filmed, doh, almost every thing is property owned and controlled. Making a copy of it, even not intentionally copying it could be copyright infringement. What about Fair Use?
“We’re almost ready to do the interview. Sound check good. Could you turn off your CD player.”
“Why. Can’t you hear me?”
“Hear you fine. You are playing Zappa’s “Apostrophe” album. If we tape his doing “Stink Foot” as background to your interview, we could have a copyright problem.”
“Oh, Okay. Stink Foot is Zappa’s best.”
“Yeah I know. One more thing. Could you move to your right a couple of steps. We need to get the “Big Lebowski” movie poster out of the frame.”
“Okay, moving to the right.”
Fair Use is an important limit on copyright owner’s rights. Deciding if a copyright protected work is fair to copy or film is more artful than a science. No clear and agreed upon guidelines. There are four factors to consider.
As we learned more about copyrights and trademarks. We looked around as we filmed, doh, almost every thing is property owned and controlled. Making a copy of it, even not intentionally copying it could be copyright infringement. What about Fair Use?
“We’re almost ready to do the interview. Sound check good. Could you turn off your CD player.”
“Why. Can’t you hear me?”
“Hear you fine. You are playing Zappa’s “Apostrophe” album. If we tape his doing “Stink Foot” as background to your interview, we could have a copyright problem.”
“Oh, Okay. Stink Foot is Zappa’s best.”
“Yeah I know. One more thing. Could you move to your right a couple of steps. We need to get the “Big Lebowski” movie poster out of the frame.”
“Okay, moving to the right.”
Fair Use is an important limit on copyright owner’s rights. Deciding if a copyright protected work is fair to copy or film is more artful than a science. No clear and agreed upon guidelines. There are four factors to consider.
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