On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:37:17 +0200, Dave Huth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Would you share with us what these answers are? IANAL so I can't cover details. I recommend this one book over and over again. It's a college text book called Mass Media Law (by Don Pember) and it covers all the areas you need covered when you produce media for public consumption. > If a corporation can say that just because someone's ring tone is going > off in a public > place, that doesn't give just anyone the right to record and distribute > that ring tone across > the Net, then why don't i have the same rights to protect my face? You do. It is covered by Misappropriation Laws in the US. Wikipedia only has a stub on them, and I don't have the above book handy so I can't give you details. The short story is that you cannot use someone else's name or likeness for commercial gain. This is why production companies are nazis about getting release forms signed. These issues are now new. If my memory serves me correctly the above book has examples from the beginning of the 1900s. Problems began when publishing began. - Andreas -- <URL:http://www.solitude.dk/> Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> 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/
