Business breakfast "Clearing rights in film, book and video game"

On 3 October in Warsaw took place a business breakfast organized by our law firm:

CLEARING RIGHTS IN FILM, BOOK AND VIDEO GAME

How to safely use images, places, stories, things, signs and works in our creative activity.

Issues covered:

PEOPLE

The image and its recognition; extras, models; the crowd and the problem of passers-by; payment for posing,

persons commonly known, look alike, consent/release (content, form, authorised to grant)

PLACES

ownership vs. 'image of the object'; public facilities; object as a trademark;

interior design and elements of decoration and scenery (paintings, photos, books), privacy, consent to filming / release

STORIES

facts v. their creative description, the limits of drawing from sources (inspiration from sources v. adaptation);

recognisability / scope of anonymisation; stories about people commonly known; privacy; reverence

SYMBOLS AND PRODUCTS

names, trademarks, logos on products, on buildings, remove or not?

To show in the original or modify (risks), thing vs. work

WORKS

inspiration vs. adaptation; right of quotation; parody; plagiarism; what is not protected?

the problem of orphan works;