I was talking to my friend tonight, who is the one who told me about this extreme copyright. He said that it was a fact, but they only enforce it when large companies, such as MGM, Warner Brothers, or some TV program shoot a scene of the San Diego skyline. Let's say you are an executive for Warner Brothres and you are making a war movie and you want to get some footage of North Island Naval Air Base in San Diego harbor and in the footage you show the San Diego skyline with the El Cortez Hotel, the Bridge that goes across the bay, and the entire skyline that defines San Diego...if that is the case, then you have to pay a royalty fee to the city of San Diego. He said, that kind of thing they will enforce because Warner Brothers has deep pockets. But, if you or I take video footage of the San Diego skyline and put it in one of our video productions that we sell on e-bay and we only make a few hundred dollars a month from it....they will not come after that, because it is not in their interest. I don't know if this is true, but this is what he told me.
Anyhow, that's what he told me last night. And like I said, I e-mailed the district attorney of San Diego yesterday to see if this is all true or not. I think everyone would agree that you could not use video footage of a public business street with cars going back and forth, and people walking back and forth, and in the back ground are the golden arches and a big sign that says MacDonalds. MacDonalds would say that you violated their trademark (goldne arches) and their copyright (Name-MacDonalds). That's my impression from what I have heard from others. Correct me if I am wrong. By the way, if anyone wants to use my royalty free music on your video productions you have my permission to use my self imposed copyrighted songs for video productions, music books, performance or recordings. It is my tiny contribution to make the world a better place for creativity to flow freely. All I ask is that you give me credit when it is possible to give credit. I am doing something here kind of like Taky is doing. Taky is offering free video clips. I have decided to offer free music and sound scapes. The URL is: http://www.mypianoworld.com/MyPianoWorld-Musicscapes/musicscapes.htm John ----- Original Message ----- From: sdwulfdawg To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 4:07 AM Subject: Re: [AP] Extreme copyrights THis sounds like an urban legend. If you are going to block off streets and use public right aways, buldings that is one thing...but the skyline...I don't think so. What do the postcard makers do? Secondly it is so unenforceable.... I'm looking forward to seeing where this thread goes. --- In [email protected], Kent Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I live there, and I'll check with the Film Commision--it's the first > I've heard of anything like this. > > Kent > > Road Runner wrote: > > >Mike, > > > >I sent off an E-mail to the district attorney of San Diego, California to > >see if one really does need to pay a fee to shoot a video clip of the > >San Diego City skyline. I'll report what I find out in a few days. > > > >I agree with your assessment of copyright laws. > > > >John > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS a.. Visit your group "Adobe-Premiere" on the web. b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
