#Character and Copyright
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I have recently been approached by a client about a few intro spots
for his station. I wanted to know any stipulations and/or
considerations about using characters owned by other companies. This
client wishes to use comic book characters in his intro and I want to
know if the usage is to be legally cleared by him and the company, or
simply given copyright credit within the spots. Am I to be at fault
legally, or is that the concern of the contractee? I do not wish to
create any legal problems by any means and any advice would be much
appreciated. Thank you, in advance.
Don't do it without EXPLICIT written authorization, which you're not
likely to get in the first place. If the characters are from someone
like Disney, they'll destroy you legally. I remember them suing a day
care center in Florida a few years ago, becuase they had their
characters painted on the INTERIOR walls. They were removed pronto.
This is serious business !
Thanks. I shall relay this to the client.
yea,, that day care was in my town ! It made a major big stink here.
Gainesville boycotted Disney for a while, but on the bright side,
Hanna Barbara came in and gave them new characters to put up!
<< Hanna Barbara came in and gave them new characters to put up! >>
No kidding ? That's great. It did seem kinda' excessive to me.
>Hanna Barbara came in and gave them new characters to put up!
That's cool of them. I always liked HB characters better anyways.. (not like I
go to day cares… <g>)
JNJ
Perhaps I should contact Hanna B.
(No, not really,)