Who owns the images of our world? Where do ideas end and images begin? How can we both defend the freedoms and rights of filmmakers and encourage the
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Documentary filmmakers who use archival materials fall into two basic categories: those who are savvy about rights clearance issues and those who aren
If you have ever used a clip or a photo or an existing piece of music in your documentary, you must have spent more than a little time looking for the
By Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi A study conducted with some 50 documentary filmmakers over the course of a year, the American University's "Untold
Documentaries about 20th century artists are rarely produced these days, and for a very good reason: The filmmakers can't afford to pay for rights. It
This past year has been a watermark year for documentarians, with documentaries moving more and more into the mainstream of public awareness and
Michael C. Donaldson, former IDA President, is an entertainment attorney based in Los Angeles and is the author of Clearances and Copyright You may
Approximately $270 million is collected annually in the United States for the single purpose of compensating television program copyright holders for
A short primer on music licensing, clearances and rights.
Copyright clearance seems like the weather. You can complain about it, but you can't do anything about it. Or can you? When we did some research at