Larry, I am interested in the legal aspect of the discussed situation: Does the subject of a video, if he/she didn't object/restrict the recording as it was happening openly, have a right to make any demands with respect to the non-commercial "distribution" of the video (if no money is made from that/charged).
As for the attitude of different instructors, - this is a completely separate issue. My take on it is that the best instructors do not fear their short (usually without any explanations) class summaries to be posted. Brief class summaries do not replace class participation and instructions; nor they compete with the instructional videos sold by the instructors. These videos are a great advertisement for the events and instructors Several dance instructors thanked me for posting videos of their demonstrations on Youtube. Those instructors who seriously think that their class can be replaced with a short, typically 1-2 min, summary, - are not worth my time for going to their lessons. Igor Tue May 3 13:22:32 EDT 2011 Larry Colen wrote: > On May 3, 2011, at 9:19 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > > > > A specific situation is as follows: > > 1. an event is open to public and includes dance classes; > > 2. the rules of the event do not forbid to take videos; > > 3. at the end of a dance class, the instructors offer everybody who > > wants > > to take a video of a short summary (without stating any restrictions > > on the use). > > > > In this situation, what do you think, - can the people (instructors) > > appearing in the video restrict the use of the videos taken at > > a later point? > > In particular, - do they have a right to demand that the video is not > > posted publically (e.g. on Youtube) - retroactively? > > They have the right to ask, but don't have any legal recourse if you > don't comply. > > Instructors often make money off of selling instructional videos, and > don't want other videos to wipe out the market for those. If they get a > lot of grief over one case like this, they may just not let people > videotape them after classes at all in the future. The best solution > would be to try to have a reasonable discussion with them, find out > their motivations for taking the video down and see whether it would > really work towards their ultimate goals. > > It's too bad that you aren't on FB, this would be a great question for > Bug Brockway's Dance Question of the Day. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
