Many online video producers and marketers today have lots misconceptions about what whether or not they have legal permission to record video of someone and put it up online. If that describes you, then you might be interested in my interview today with Intellectual Property and Internet Media Attorney Mark J. Rosenberg, about getting proper video waivers and releases for online video producers and marketers for recording people

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Video Waivers and Releases For Recording People On Video: Legal FAQs

What if your idea for a marketing video involved creating a fictional character, telling fictitious stories, about real people? Could you be opening yourself up to a lawsuit, even if the purpose is to be entertaining and humorous?

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Can I Make Up Stories About Celebrities in My Web Marketing Videos?

Some of you may have seen the recent YouTube clip last week of a woman falling right into a fountain at a mall while texting (now dubbed “The Fountain Lady”); which has millions of views, many duplicates, and with both YouTube and some partner channels making money off the ad revenue around these videos. But is it legal to post any video online of anyone that’s considered “newsworthy” and make money off it?

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Can You Make Money From Posting Video Of Other’s Misfortune? Fountain Lady Fights Back

When the ivi launch press release crossed my desk, to say I was interested would be an understatement. For those that don’t know ivi is an application that takes broadcast television, currently only from Seattle and New York, and streams it to your desktop, anywhere in the world. That Sunday, when I saw the NFL

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Legal Battle Brews Over Internet TV Re-broadcasting – What Are The Repercussions?

ReelSEO’s Grant Crowell talks with attorney Mark Rosenberg about the recent international media attention and public outcry over an animated cartoon posted online by the military wing of the political group Hamas, and why even “psychological warfare” with online video is and should be protected free speech in this country under the First Amendment.

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What the Hamas “Online Video Threat” Can Teach Us About Freedom Of Speech

ReelSEO’s Grant Crowell talks with intellectual property attorney Mark Rosenberg, about why the multitude of video clips on YouTube taking a scene from Constantin Films’ 2004 film, Der Untergang (“Downfall”), don’t meet the criteria for fair use under U.S. law.

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Hitler Memes on YouTube Aren’t Legally Protected Parodies

Listen to my podcast interview with intellectual property attorney Mark J. Rosenberg , as we explore the question: Can you feature someone in a video advertisement simply because you have video footage (or can access video footage) of them using or talking about your product, service, or brand

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Legal Video Marketing News: Are Public Figures Fair Game?

Listen to my podcast interview with intellectual property attorney Mark J. Rosenberg , as we explore the question: Can you feature someone in a video advertisement simply because you have video footage (or can access video footage) of them using or talking about your product, service, or brand? Also, what is the most legally safe way to feature a video of a public figure and use that for your own business purposes

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Legal Video Marketing News: Are Public Figures Fair Game?

Mark Rosenberg was recently published in Affiliate Summit’s FeedFront magazine with his article titled “Video Marketing and the Law.” We have the article for you to read here and Mark shares with us the basic proactive measures that all video marketers should be aware to to avoid common legal pitfalls, including: right of publicity issues, copyrights, licensing, contracts, and receiving proper consent. Videos can be a very effective Internet marketing tool.

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Video Marketing and the Law – What you Should Know