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Question and Answer: Do I Need Permission to Use a Photograph of Public Domain Art?

Let’s imagine someone wants to use a photograph of a very old painting in their movie or television show (or, […]

By Bob Tarantino
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Question and Answer: Do I Need Permission to Film the Outside of a Building?

The Copyright Act (Canada) extends copyright protection to “architectural works” (a subset of “artistic works”) – does a filmmaker need permission […]

By Bob Tarantino
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Question and Answer: Do I Need Permission to Film Canadian Currency?

Filming currency can arise in a variety of circumstances: from filming actors exchanging money to using images of money in […]

By Bob Tarantino
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Question and Answer: Who Owns the Copyright in an Interview?

Who owns the copyright in an interview?  While this may seem to be an obscure (or least inconsequential) question, it […]

By Bob Tarantino
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Collecting Entertainment Law Questions and Answers 11.08.10

A round-up of questions and answers provided by entertainment law blogs (readers should note that the links below are to […]

By Bob Tarantino
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Question and Answer: Is It Necessary to Register a Copyright?

[Good artists copy – great artists steal (I’m so hardcore I won’t even provide an attribution for that aphorism).  To […]

By Bob Tarantino
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Collecting Entertainment Law Questions and Answers 07.29.10

Given the volume of material available, we’ve decided to make our round-up of entertainment law questions posed and answered a […]

By Bob Tarantino
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Collecting Entertainment Law Questions and Answers

Never let it be said that entertainment lawyers are unwilling to give freely of their time and advice (readers should […]

By Bob Tarantino

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