Legal Question in Intellectual Property in Texas

I would like to make a DVD for a local team with footage I took and put it to music. Do I need to obtain any rights if it is to be used as a fundraiser by them?


Asked on 9/16/09, 7:16 am

1 Answer from Attorneys

Bruce Burdick Burdick Law Firm

Legally yes, if the music is not yours or the footage is not your or if you are using team images without permission. As a practical matter, unless the fundraiser is pretty big it's uinlikely that anyone would object, and even then you could likely work out a minimal royalty. Still, permission is usually easy and costs negligible, so you should get legal, particularly if a claim of copyright infringement would be detrimental to the team's image, as it generally would.

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Answered on 9/22/09, 4:14 am


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