The line may not be blurry in terms of the liability, but it is in terms of how you as an indie producer thinks about production.
It's easy when it's just you and some friends making video to entertain yourselves, but what happens when it gets seen by millions of people. Watch the FourEyedMonsters.com podcast to see how success or perceived success can destroy friendships and working relationships when there aren't contracts. This lawsuit shows what happens when your indie media outlet blows up into something mainstreamish. There's a ton of remixing and fairusing in our community, which is great, but be prepared for a serious legal smackdown if it gets successful. -K --- In [email protected], "Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Den 17.12.2006 kl. 10:38 skrev Kent Nichols <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > It's a blurry line between a video blogger and a production company > > that can be sued and is liable. I know we're straddling that divide > > right now. We just got production insurance! > > Err... what? The videoblogger is every bit as liable as the production > company. There's no blurry line. The difference is that the production > usually have more money for a legal defense - under the law (libel, > privacy, copyright) the two are equal, no question about it. > > And a 7.6 million lawsuit on the misuse of 51 photos? That's almost > $150,000 per photo. And people wonder why we make fun of the US legal > system. That amount is insane and totally inappropriate. > > -- > Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen > <URL: http://www.solitude.dk/ > >
