[cc-community] CC-like video release form

Matthew J. Agnello matt.agnello at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 13:01:37 EST 2008


Hi all,

I'm working on a documentary about new media and the free culture  
movement. I've interviewed a bunch of people, and as such I have to  
ask them either to sign a release form or give recorded verbal consent  
to be photographed. I'm releasing the doc BY-SA, so many people are  
confused when I present them with a traditional release form that  
gives me full use of their image/likeness without any guarantee that I  
will use it on a project governed by a CC licence.

I'd like to put those fears to rest with a CC-like release form. My  
idea is to have them sign a one or two sentence contract that  
basically says, I release my image/likeness to you for the purposes of  
your project under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution- 
ShareAlike licence, the text of which can be found at the following  
link. Following that would be the human-readable version of the  
licence and the legal code URL. If the person wanted a copy of the CC  
text, I would have printouts with me.

I like this idea because it guarantees a listing in the credits, it  
makes people feel better about contributing, spreads the word about  
CC, and it acknowledges that my work is really a dervative of all the  
contributions of the people in it.

I was curious if anyone had heard of something like this being done,  
had done it themselves, or had some advice regarding it. If this is  
deemed a valid method of releasing subjects for broadcast, I'd love to  
see an official version with CC's blessing. I'll try to draft  
something more specific in the meantime.

Best,
// Matt


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Matt Agnello
http://www.hungryfilmmaker.com
< matt.agnello at gmail.com >



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