The rights to exhibition generally fall under copyright law. It is highly
advisable to obtain permission from the copyright owner to display any
copyrighted material for promotional purposes. It certainly is not
automatically granted because you or your employee or a former employer
worked on the project. Having obtained this permission it really shouldn't
matter what anyone says unless you are making false claims in your
advertising. So don't do that.
You could also look to organizations like ASCAP and the writer's guild for
guidance on how they handle intellectual property.
In any case, the bigger dog usually wins.
Just my .02
Pete Opotowsky
POP Pictures inc
Orlando
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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of
Ken Skaggs
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:38 PM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: OT: Editors rights to elements created at previous employer
What is the general consensus on this list as to an editor or visual effects
persons right to show work created at his former place of employment on his
demo at his new place of employment? I have always worked under the
assumption that the work follows the person who did it. I myself usually
pull the work off my demos from former employees right away. In this
instance, I am being questioned as to my right to show work from a newly
acquired employee that he did at his former job. More specifically, in the
visual effects area, however, the shots in question were heavily affected by
my new employee and not just a minor detail in a large shot. Legal
references as well as opinions are welcome. I feel they are being petty and
I am tempted to respond that I want them to take the shots down from their
demo since none of their current employees had a large hand in the work.
Thanks,
Ken
Ken Skaggs
President/Founder
Frames
3008 Ross Avenue
Dallas, TX 75204
214-922-9232
kskaggs(at)framespersecond.com
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