Thursday, June 26, 2008

They Are Covered

There was a sign displayed prominently in the auditorium yesterday to let everyone know that any taping they did became their property, and by signing the form, we were signing over our right to the images they made. I was impressed by the creative wording in their legal notice:

...understand that we may videotape you and use your name and likeness in all media, whether now known or hereafter devised, throughout the universe in perpetuity without restrictions...

So, if anyone invents a new type of media, they can use my image there, too. In perpetuity. Whew.

1 comment:

Josh Frome said...

One of the major points of contention between studios and writers during the writer's strike earlier this year was how writers would be enumerated for internet residuals(profit gained from distributing via the internet), something completely unimagined at the time of the previous contract.