Jennifer shows you how to make sound effects free of royalty and copyright problems.
How can I Legally Videotape the Happiest Place on Earth?
I have a question for your legal experts. I am producing a documentary that is essentially a video tour of my favorite theme park. I've included clips of the rides, shows, and other attractions. I plan to market the video...
Tricky Legal Stuff Again
I've just finished Mark Levy's very informative article, What's Legal, in the January issue of Videomaker. My "masterpieces" are travel vignettes that benefit greatly from the use of familiar music. I show them in my living room, and I give copies to my travel companions. Friends...
What happens when videos of great magnitude come along? Nowadays they are shown, distributed and lauded in the course of a day. This is the case with a breakthrough video by Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University, whose mashup video uses Disney characters to define the term Fair Use....
Don't Get Scammed!
While I was sorting through our canceled 2006 checks looking for income tax deductions, I came across a check to Periodic Billing Services Inc. My wife wrote it out way back in January 06 for $36.99 thinking it was to pay for 36 issues of Videomaker magazine....
Indie Film/Video Legal Documents, 2nd Edition
Indie Film/Video Legal Documents is packed with 56 examples of legal documents divided into the following six categories: Collaboration and Funding, Literary Submission and Sales, Production and Distribution, Music, Employment and Releases. Each can be opened as a Portable Document Format (PDF) or Rich...
