Subject: Filming Copyrighted Works for Promotional Video From: "Sara Hindmarch" <sara.hindmarch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:27:48 -0500 |
I'm looking for some guidance and am hoping someone who's been in a similar situation can help me out. The Arts Center that acts as an umbrella organization for my museum (and includes other organizations such a theater group, the symphony, etc.) has created a promotional video for the Arts Center which includes copyrighted works from the museum's collection. Most of these works appear briefly (under 2 seconds) in panning shots of the galleries, although a few (including two works on loan) appear for longer periods of up to 5 seconds, or in multiple shots. The purpose of the video is both promotional (to proceed talks by the Art Center's President, to energize the staff at meetings) and commercial (to generate revenue from corporate donations). The Communications staff at the museum (working as the direct liaison with the Communications staff at the Arts Center, who produced the video) argue that its fair use and not "commercial" because no money is being collected to see or purchase the video. As such, they would not need to contact the Rights Holders for permission. I have convinced them that they need to get permission for use of the loaned pieces and should insert credits for at least those loaned works at the end of the video. My question is, is this enough? The first factor of determine Fair Use (the purpose and character of the use) is my stumbling block in agreeing with their Fair Use assessment. The issue on the Communications side of the fence is a combination of money and time; they don't feel that they should have to pay for rights and have neglected to consider rights issues until days before the piece is due to be released. I'd love to hear opinions, or if anyone has had a similar experience and has created a policy to deal with promotional videos featuring copyright protected collections. This is coming up more and more in our museum, and I'd really like to get something in place now before things get out of hand. I've been trying to secure more permissions directly from the artists for these sorts of uses, but its slow going. We've also tried pointing film crews at pubic domain works whenever possible. One other issue to add in here too- the Arts Center hopes to make the video available online at some point in the future. My feeling, and understanding, is that web use would certainly require the permission from all Rights Holders, no matter how fleetingly their work is shown (knowing that viewers could pause, take screen captures, etc.). Credits too should be included in the video. Any other hidden issues that I'm not thinking of with the web? Thanks to all, you can respond to me off list at the e-mail below. Sara Hindmarch Assistant to the Registrar Rights and Reproductions sara.hindmarch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:h@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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