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Do you have releases from the actors? You should.<BR>
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The interesting aspect of prohibiting taping a show is not that you are infringing on the intellectual property rights of the authors of the musical, eg. Rodgers and Hammerstein. You are also infringing on the rights of the actor to demand payment from their performance. (This is so in professional productions where Equity members are employed.) Equity contracts spell out provisions for filming, televising, use of audio, photo calls etc. They permit them, in many instances, but within specific bounds depending on the contract.<BR>
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Years ago, a community theatre was so happy with its taped production of "Oklahoma" it sent a copy to Messrs. Rodgers and Hammerstein (who were still alive.) Their organization sent them a stern letter telling them never to film again.<BR><BR><BR>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> neohiopal-bounces@listserve.com [mailto:neohiopal-bounces@listserve.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Chagrin Valley Little Theatre<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 18, 2008 10:14 AM<BR><B>To:</B> neohiopal@listserve.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NEohioPAL] i want your VIDEOS [Scanned][Spam score:8%]</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">This actually brings up an interesting question. Most show licenses state that you're not allowed to record your productions, and yet many grant committees request them, and promotional guides recommend them. Our theatre recently made it 'official policy' not to record performances because the possibility of having a show shut down was too risky. I'm curious as to how other local performance groups have reconciled their desire or need for videos with the licensing restrictions placed on the shows by their owners.<BR><BR>Andrew Rothman<BR><BR>Chagrin Valley Little Theatre<BR><A href="http://www.cvlt.org/" target=_blank>www.CVLT.org</A><BR>440.247.8955<BR><BR>*** Now Playing - <I>The Seven Year Itch</I> ($14/$10) - 79th Season Subscriptions available! ***<BR><BR></SPAN><BR>TONY BROWN wrote: </P><PRE>for my blog, <A href="http://www.cleveland.com/onstage" target=_blank>www.cleveland.com/onstage</A>.</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>if you have a video of your current or upcoming show, i can put it on my blog!</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>however, you have to help me out by doing a few things (other than making the video).</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>first of all, DON'T actually email me (or snail-mail me or in any other way send me) the actual videos. posting them is a pain, and requires software and time i don't have. (photos, you can send me; that's easy). instead, to get your video in front of my web readers, do one of the following:</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>1. post your video to youtube and email me the link, to both this (pd) address AND my laptop address (<A href="mailto:tonycritic@gmail.com">tonycritic@gmail.com</A>). i can then lift the EMBED CODE from youtube, which makes it appear as if the video is actually on my site, when in fact it's still on youtube but is embedded in my site (don't know what i'm talking about? neither do i, but i've done it and it works, and that's all i need know).</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>2. or, post the video to your own web site and then send me the EMBED CODE. don't know how to make or find the embed code on your own site? sorry, can't help you. just do the no. 1 route.</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>cheers. and thanks.</PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>t. </PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE>Sign up for FREE breaking news updates at cleveland.com/updates</PRE><PRE>______________________________________</PRE><PRE>NEohioPAL is SELF-SERVE. If you need to unsubscribe, change from digest to one-at-a-time delivery or vice-versa, go on hiatus while out of town, switch from mime to plain text or vice-versa, etc. check out the FAQS at <A href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/" target=_blank>http://www.fredsternfeld.com</A>.</PRE><PRE>______________________________________</PRE><PRE>please consider a voluntary contribution to support Neohiopal - <A href="http://www.fredsternfeld.com/faqs.htm#support" target=_blank>http://www.fredsternfeld.com/faqs.htm#support</A></PRE><PRE>______________________________________</PRE><PRE>Disclaimer: The facts and/or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the person in the 'from' or 'reply-to' header. The fact that this message is posted should in no way be taken as an endorsement by the administrator of this list. Subscribers should perform due diligence for all goods, services and activities promoted on NEohioPAL.</PRE><PRE>_____________________________________</PRE><PRE>NEohioPAL mailing list</PRE><PRE><A href="http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/neohiopal" target=_blank>http://mailman.listserve.com/listmanager/listinfo/neohiopal</A></PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE> </PRE><PRE> </PRE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><br /><hr />Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_062008' target='_new'>IM on your terms.</a></body>
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