{"id":28627,"date":"2024-08-20T05:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T12:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=28627"},"modified":"2024-08-20T05:10:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T12:10:40","slug":"recording-guest-speakers-by-kelley-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/20\/recording-guest-speakers-by-kelley-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Recording Guest Speakers by Kelley Way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Recording<\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist Kelley Way<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cRecording Guest Speakers.\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Online presentations have become much more popular in the last few years.<\/strong> (Gee, I wonder why\u2026)<\/p>\n

One of the advantages of presenting online is that the presentation can be recorded for posterity.<\/p>\n

However, some legal issues regarding recording guest speakers must be addressed before sharing that video.<\/p>\n

1. Who owns the copyright?<\/b><\/h2>\n

As a general rule, the person doing the recording is the author and owner.<\/p>\n

However, a presenter may feel differently, given that they are the ones who took the time and effort to put the presentation together, and they are the ones who are actually performing.<\/p>\n

While neither of these things gives them a copyright to the recorded presentation, the presenter may not realize that and make a fuss.<\/p>\n

2. Is there copyrighted material in the presentation?<\/b><\/h2>\n

If the presenter put together a slide deck or wrote down their presentation, then the presenter has the copyright to the deck or transcript.<\/p>\n

Sharing a recording with those products included could rightly be considered copyright infringement.<\/p>\n

3. Is there a violation of the right of publicity\/privacy?<\/b><\/h2>\n

If the presenter knew they were being recorded and that the recording would be shared or distributed later, then there\u2019s a presumption that they agreed to the recording.<\/p>\n

However, if they were not told this in advance, then there\u2019s a genuine issue of whether their rights were violated.<\/p>\n

So, how do you address these issues?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The best way to do this is to have a contract.<\/p>\n

No, I\u2019m not talking about a 50-page convoluted stack of paper that only a lawyer can understand, but a simple agreement that covers these issues.<\/p>\n

The most streamlined version I\u2019ve seen is to have a speaker application and explicitly state in the application that<\/p>\n