[cc-community] CC-like video release form

Matthew J. Agnello matt.agnello at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 14:18:51 EST 2008


By default, you own the copyright to your own image, voice, and  
likeness -- you get to decide exactly how it is used and how much  
someone pays to use it. Traditional releases basically give full  
permission to the video producers for whatever uses they want.  
Releases can do this in a variety of ways, but the most common is  
simply to state, "By signing this form, I agree not to sue the  
producers for any use they make of my image." So, you're not giving  
ownership away, you're just releasing the producers from any  
limitations copyright would normally bestow upon them. It's actually  
very similar to a Creative Commons Attribution license, since these  
contracts usually stipulate a listing in the credits as compensation.

I'd like to adapt the BY-SA license to make a copyleft version of a  
video release so interviewees don't have to be concerned about having  
their contributions becoming proprietary (that is, released under  
traditional copyright limitations). This would still allow commercial  
use, but it would require releasing the derivative (my documentary) CC  
BY-SA.

(You could adapt a CC BY-SA-NC license to a video release as well just  
by changing the URL at the bottom of the release form, but this would  
not allow the filmmaker to make money from the film. Certainly still  
possible, though, and would make sense in a variety of contexts.)

// Matt


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



On Jan 15, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Fred Benenson wrote:

> My understanding is that "traditional release" means commercial  
> rights to your image.  I'm sure these types of waivers exist -- it  
> must be how corporations like Getty Images and Corbis acquire rights  
> from the people in their stock photos.  If we can get our hands on  
> one it might not be that hard to port it to a public like / CC-esque  
> license. Though I'm not sure CC wants to go there yet with one of  
> their own licenses..
>
>
> F
>
>
> On Jan 15, 2008 10:01 AM, Matthew J. Agnello  
> <matt.agnello at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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