[digital-copyright] Rights for video recordings of stage productions

[Deg Farrelly <deg.farrelly@xxxxxxx>]

Are there any definitive policy documents regarding the videotaping of live
stage performances?   And subsequent digitization and streaming?

We are looking at a potential collection of numerous recorded stage
productions that the professor assures us she has acquired the rights for.  We
have not yet seen the permissions.

I suspect that what the professor has are tapes for which she secured
permission to record, but a) did not secure releases from the performers,
and/or b) the person who granted permission was not in the position to grant
the rights.

Also, rights granted for the original recording in all likelihood did not
include rights to transfer/copy/digitize and or stream.

What says the collective wisdom of the group?  (Knowing full well that the
answer to ALL copyright questions is:  "It depends."

Thank you.

deg farrelly, Media Librarian
Arizona State University Libraries
Hayden Library C1H1
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, Arizona  85287-1006
Phone:  602.332.3103