June 30, 2005
This past year has been a watermark year for documentarians, with documentaries moving more and more into the mainstream of public awareness and
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June 30, 2005Documentaries about 20th century artists are rarely produced these days, and for a very good reason: The filmmakers can't afford to pay for rights.
June 30, 2005By Pat Aufderheide and Peter Jaszi A study conducted with some 50 documentary filmmakers over the course of a year, the American University's "Untold
June 30, 2005If you have ever used a clip or a photo or an existing piece of music in your documentary, you must have spent more than a little time looking for- March 31, 2005Copyright clearance seems like the weather. You can complain about it, but you can't do anything about it. Or can you? When we did some research at
August 31, 2004Who owns the images of our world? Where do ideas end and images begin? How can we both defend the freedoms and rights of filmmakers and encourage the
May 31, 2004Documentary filmmaking continues to enjoy a surge in popularity, visibility and exhibition, in styles and formats ranging from short to feature-
April 20, 2004A review of Michael Donaldson's 'Clearance & Copyright: Everything the Independent Filmmaker Needs to Know,' 2nd Edition- November 1, 2003A client once asked me if the legal and business issues concerning an audio-visual project would change, since mediamakers are producing more
June 19, 2003If you work in contemporary or historical documentary or satire, chances are you've asked about rights: "Can I use this shot?" "Whom do I pay?" "Can