May 29, 2002 11:38 pm Not unless you are going to sell the disk. If it is for promo purpose's only, you shouldn't need a release, as it is not for public consumption.
Need AV project Legal Advice
Posted on May 29, 2002 09:40 pm
Walt
Chief Cook and Bottle Washer
Member Since: May 10, 2002
Hello again with a new question. Thought taklin smack would be a little better than recording as this is a little off subject.
We are putting together an AV disk to send to perspective customers of our band. I am assembling signature phrases and mixing them by genre for the audio track with some promo yak mixed in. I want to basicly have a slide show of band and audiance for the visual aspect of the project.
Question: For snapshots of the audiance will I need to seek any releases from those in the pictures? Don't want to have Larry Laweyer knockin my door for more dimes.
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May 29, 2002 11:38 pm Not unless you are going to sell the disk. If it is for promo purpose's only, you shouldn't need a release, as it is not for public consumption.
May 30, 2002 05:34 am I couldn't imagine needing a release for an audience picture anyway. Unless any trademarked logos appear in it. I know of a lot of bands that use them in their CD artwork. However if you're selling a poster of just the audience then maybe someone should check your sanity. . .
May 30, 2002 06:50 am I couldn't imagine that either, but then I can't imagine that a bank robber would sua the bank because the security guard shot him during the robbery, but he did, and he won, so when it comes to the law, it never hurts to pay for 30 minutes of a lawyers time and make sure.
May 30, 2002 09:35 am The comments contained in this forum are are not that of the station and therefore heretoafter not towit or withstanding........all of this makes sense and that is the problem our legal system does not. "floatin on a bubble as the world goes down the drain" JW (for you noize). Relitive to my sanity "to hear the sun what a thing to believe.....to help us, to guide us....Hidious laughter" MB.
We had a gig a bit back for the Ford foundation MDA fundraisor and Ms. Ford's birthday. They pulled in a jag that they auctioned off as part of the festivities. Definately a gathering of the "beautiful people" not the ugly bug ball. There was definately some poster material there! Of course my wife would have killed me, and as she states " no judge in the land....".
I pulled down a boiler plate release and oh my God! It had provisions that my sanity would not allow me to conjure up. If the photographer so desires to stand on his or her head a gargle peanut butter and wiggle his or her ears while altering photo for the purpose of landfill, the photoee hereby relinquishes all athority to dig it up and make paper dolls out of it! No wonder we have to pay models so much. It takes their lawyers six months to read the contract and two years to explain the contract to model. Four years if they are blond!
I guess if someone is going to sue they will. And depending on who's money is where, along with whatever the judge decided to smoke that morning my fate will be decided. "Hang man, hang ham wait a little while" LZ I just dont want to become a poster child for how not to promote a band.
May 31, 2002 05:15 am Quote:
"The comments contained in this forum are are not that of the station and therefore heretoafter not towit or withstanding"
hehehehe, if I was you I would follow that wise old saying "COVER YOUR A$$" :-)
And you are right, people will sue if they want to, that has come to be the way of life, it's sad, but it's true. The only thing you can do is make it as hard as possible for anyone to do it...and win...
May 31, 2002 09:24 am Right you are dB!
A friend sent me the darwin law suit awards listing a bit back. It reads like a Monte Python script. Too funny to be true, too true to be funny. The distastefull aspect of my action will be in feeding system that I find so demonstrative. Oh I want to soap box so bad it hurts! Watched a history channel piece on the Scorpian King. Seems that written language was developed far before previously thought. And for what purpose? Accounting. Those who have it can't let go of it, those that dont are obsessed with it's acquisition, those inbetween are more likely to describe their cup as half empty than half full. However I have seen first hand the results of it's absense. I was in Kahasakstan a few years ago right after the colapse (no pun intended) of the Soviet Union. Construction equipment abandon with the keys in the ignition. People could no longer attach a "worth" to their efforts. I gotta quit. I'll end up taking a ride on a windmill. hehehehe
Besides, I have a new delima. Made a quicktime movie for my wifes 3rd grade class. Wow! was I happy with myself! Burnt a data CD of the clip for her to take with her. Good thing I tested it. The origional file playes great. The file from the CD has video disruption and ends halfway through with a page error! Wahoooo! So I'll dink with it!
What ya gonna do when your troubles get like mine
Take a spoon full of sugar
and a bottle of turpentine. LZ
May 31, 2002 09:52 am Quote:
A friend sent me the darwin law suit awards listing a bit back.
OK, I am going a bit off topic here, but if you want to get some great stupid people stories, visit the website www.darwinawards.com/ I visit it weekly and it has some of the greatest "idiots that kill themselves in stupid ways" stories you will ever read.
In order to win a darwin award you actual hafta die in the stupid feat, if you only injure yourself you can only get an honorable mention...
sounds heartless and lame, but it will make you laugh your frickin head off :)
May 31, 2002 09:56 am This is too bizzare!
While I was editing the last, you answered it! This is the way my wife talks to her friends. They all talk at once as if to no one. And they understand each other! Venus has got to be a wierd place.
Thanks for the link. It will definately add spice!
May 31, 2002 10:03 am The video thing should probably start a new thread, aks in a new thread and let's rap about it, for starters though, did you change file format going to CD?
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