The Wimba session for this week dealt with copyright issues and an overview of the Leadership Project. I enjoyed the review of the issues regarding Copyright, Fair Use and Creative Commons. The quiz questions helped to reinforce and fix the facts in my mind: copyright is a permanently fixed work that can be seen or heard. Only the copyright owner can use the work. The copyright period is the lifetime of the owner plus 70 years for an individual and 100 years for a company. Books, plays, films/movies, dance, music can be copyrighted. Fail Use covers some limitations to copyright. However, Fair Use is not a right but a legally defensible positon. In the case of Fair Use there are four categories of use: parody, news, teaching, critical commentary, with two additional considerations; that it's a small amount and that it doesn't interfere with the copyright holders ability to capitalize on the work. The Creative Commons solution is a wonderful contribution and I particularly like the use of symbols to denote the different types of licenses available to use work within the Creative Commons. Thank you Professor Joe for the idea to partner with a Fullsail music student to have music made especially for you. Moreover, the explanation of the Leadership project was very helpful. I enjoyed the Wimba session this week. I have a question that is of a legal nature like copyright issues: I would like to gain an understanding of photographic releases. No one has discussed it so far in the EMDT program and we do a lot of video production. When you want to use another person's image, voice or artwork in a video production what is the best form to use as a release? Is a release always needed? What are the risks if a release is not used?
Great summary of the topics. Regarding your question about releases... i was under the impression that video releases were covered in the film course (i'll have to ask Kathy Craven about that)... It's always best to get a signed release for video or photography. Some schools put image release forms in their beginning of the year sign-up forms. And one should always be very very careful when photographing minors. In public places, releases are not really required but can make the process less confrontational. Look through your notes for the film class, i'm sure that some of this info should be there... :-) enjoy
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