Posts by Rich of Observationz
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I found this:
http://www.aipa.org.nz/archive/clendonfeeney_copyright.pdfI read that as suggesting that if there was no model release, both sides are on shaky ground, but the balance is probably that the filmed person would't win.
If the TV company signed a model release that stipulated a particular usage, then use outside that *would* be actionable, I think.
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Technically, that's misuse of your likeness. If you're identifiable, there should be a signed model release.
I've often heard that said, but what statute is it in? I can't find any mention of photographs taken in a public place in the Copyright or Privacy Acts.
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Or alternatively the hard way, which involves running a cable either from the TAPE-2 output on the back of your amp, or straight from the headphone jack on the front, to the LINE-IN port on your computer, running something like AudioGrabber to record the LINE-IN sound to a wav file, using something like WavePad or PolderbitS to clean the sound up and slice it in to songs, then converting the wav files to mp3. This is my latest project, which I have been pursuing now for a few months.
I have about 40 sides done.
I use Audacity. Typically I record the file using maximum bits and sample rate, chop silence from the beginnings and ends and run "Normalise" to set the levels correctly. I'm using a Technics SL-1200, a Pioneer DJM-600 mixer and a Hercules DJ-Console soundcard. I have the trim control marked with a position that keeps the level out of clipping and all tone controls at 0db.
I don't use any kind of filter/effect apart from that, but most of my music is on 12" singles, which are much higher quality than 80's albums (I'm talking pressings here, not musical talent...).
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If a talk is taped by a media organisation, does the copyright sit with the media or the speaker. Do groups like the Oxford Union have their speakers sign a release that transfers the copyright?
Or is the "creative input" of turning up and getting the levels right enough to acquire copyright?
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I'd be in with another $100. And a grand if anyone manages to Aitken one of them.
Entrapment of dodgy commentators in this way is just the same thing as the liquor licensing people do when they tart up 17-year olds and send them into bottle shops, isn't it? Or the BBC did when they infiltrated a police college in England and taped the trainees racist outbursts.
If Slater doesn't want to be caught out this way, then not passing on random emailed info would seem to be a good option.
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Fortunately, my 11-16 school in England, whilst fairly shite, wasn't as bad as NZ schools of that era seem to have been.
We got rugby or soccer on a random basis, but the former was limited by the fact that very few of the staff actually knew how to play, let alone coach, the game.
Spanking was officially allowed, but wasn't common, largely because the established predelictions of English males would have made it counterproductive.
There was quite a lot of bullying, which wasn't actively encouraged by the teachers, but wasn't effectively suppressed either.
One of the staff married a 17-year old former pupil, which raised eyebrows as to the extent of their relationship during her recent time at the school.
6th form (which includes 7th form in the UK and was in my area a separate institution) was much better. The place had more in common with tech than a traditional school. I had an openly gay form tutor, we didn't wear uniform (well apart from a self-imposed one) and the thugs had gone off to prison, factory and dole queue.
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Regarding the former Auckland Warriors, isn't the reason for giving teams staggeringly unoriginal nicknames so that they can be transplanted to a different city or country at the whim of the owners / league promoters?
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It's actually SQRT(k.m/S) where k is a factor of g, air density, Cd, etc.
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I find Ascent are really good at shipping stuff and have pretty good prices.
Plus the guys at Midnight Espresso are cool.
On the subject of corporate plugs, I think media should remove all company names from sponsored events. If they object, send them a ratecard. Also, the same thing should happen with those "surveys" that businesses send out to promote their activities, e.g: 85% of NZ businesses have suffered from possum attack in the last year, says a survey sponsored by Kiwi Possum Extermination