Chapter 5
Legal Stuff
In This Chapter
• Understanding copyright
• Using releases
• Incorporating
The word copyright basically defines itself. It is the right to copy a work. Copyright law restricts just who can copy a work as a protection for the copyright owner, usually the creator, or, after his death, his or her heirs or agents and distributors
Copyright Basics
Copyright is possibly the most misunderstood aspect of video creation. If you only plan to make family videos, copyright probably isn’t important to you, but you may still want to have a basic understanding. However, if you intend to do any commercial video making, you really need to understand copyright law and related issues. There are many good books on this subject. See Appendix ...
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