T.V. Pro - Legalities: Releases, Copyrights, and Forums

A document that gives video producers permission to photograph the talent and/or to use the audio of the talent's voice.

• talent release

• release

• property release

• transformative use

A status designation applied to material that is no longer copyrighted due to the passage of time or when rights are relinquished by the copyright holder.

• talent release

• public domain

• public forum

• non-public forum

A signed document that grants a video team permission to shoot on private property.

• talent release

• public domain

• property release

• transformative use

A section of the Copyright Law that provides guidelines for the limited use of copyrighted materials without obtaining permission from the copyright holders.

• talent release

• public domain

• release

• fair use

Set of laws that protect the creators of original materials from having their materials and creative work used without proper permission and compensation.

• Copyright Law

• Public Domain

• Trademark Law

• Talent Release

Using an image or other material for an entirely different purpose than it was originally created and intended to be used.

• talent release

• limited public forum

• public forum

• transformative use

Where any individual can talk and speak their opinion freely.

• non public forum

• limited public forum

• public forum

• public domain

Public property or media that is made available for s specified use

• non public forum

• public forum

• limited public forum

• public domain

Public or private property that is not typically used or made for public expression.

• non public forum

• public forum

• limited public forum

• public domain

Property owned by local, state, or national government usually legal to have video crew.

• public property

• public forum

• private property

• non public forum