Showing posts with label One Poem A Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label One Poem A Day. Show all posts

8/10/2012

Copyright permission for Non-Commercial One Poem A Day

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.