Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/05

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Corbis and Bill Gates question.
From: Johnny Deadman <john@pinkheadedbug.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 20:20:13 -0400

Good question. In general Directors have no copyright over films. What
rights they have in terms of moral rights, residuals, credits etc are
written into their contracts. The rights holders are the financiers and the
producers.

As a writer the situation is a bit different... you own the rights on spec
stuff until you sell it to someone... at which point you sell ALL the
rights. Work done-for-hire you have no rights over (always excepting the
moral rights ie to be identified as the author --- but even that is usually
subject to contract and/or arbitration.
- -- 
Johnny Deadman

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com


> From: apbbeijing <apbbeijing@yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 07:50:29 +0800
> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Corbis and Bill Gates question.
> 
> p.s. what happens to the copyright of all the film work you do after the
> initial usage?