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TheHappyFriar wrote on 3/29/2008, 4:58 PM
if you know they have it, just ask. Depending on it's use, you can always use a recorded copy of the story (IE for commentary, news, parody, etc).

Same with the national guys. I know my local news stations offer the news show on DVD.
Former user wrote on 3/29/2008, 4:59 PM
Each tV station has its own policy about releasing footage. You need to contact the TV station that shot/aired the footage.

When I worked in NEWS we would not release any news footage.

Dave T2
Laurence wrote on 3/29/2008, 5:30 PM
Somehow Michael Moore always seems to get whatever he wants. Does anyone know how he does it? Not that this project is anything like his.

TheHappyFriar wrote on 3/29/2008, 6:22 PM
Somehow Michael Moore always seems to get whatever he wants. Does anyone know how he does it? Not that this project is anything like his.

he falls under what I described.

Yes, even if you're entertaining, as long as you say it's for a commentary, you can use whatever you want. Because from what cable TV has show us, there's a lot of nut balls out there with comments on everything. :D
LReavis wrote on 3/30/2008, 11:08 AM
"Yes, even if you're entertaining, as long as you say it's for a commentary, you can use whatever you want."

Is that literally true? Wouldn't one run the risk of getting sued for running afoul of copyright rules?
TheHappyFriar wrote on 3/30/2008, 12:14 PM
there's a BIG difference between being sued & actually loosing a suit. But I don't have the $$ to back myself up.

Look at the jibjab song that came out a few years ago about current events. The people who made it were sued for copyright infringement but the judge said it was a parody & not illegal. I could take footage of an interview CBS shot with, say, Hillary Clinton, put myself in as the interviewer & make a funny skit out of it poking fun at the responses she made.

EDIT: that's how all the picture of the whore former Gov Spitzer got all over TV: even though they're copyrighted it was considered newsworthy & allowed to be shown publicly w/o paying.
Laurence wrote on 3/30/2008, 1:41 PM
The footage I'm trying to get is of an armed FBI raid on a doctors office where they already had all the records. In fact during the raid, what they confiscated were photocopies of documents where they already had the originals. It was purely a publicity stunt and a move designed to affect the public perception of a Medicaid/Medicare investigation that was happening in the area.

In this particular case, the doctors office was scheduled to be closed at noon on a Friday but instead of coming in then (like they had before) they scheduled a raid at 9:30 when they knew it would be full of patients. They came in with guns and sent all the patients home. The News media were all informed in advance and were there to capture the event for the local News.

This was an investigation into a billing dispute by the way.
craftech wrote on 3/30/2008, 6:42 PM
Michael Moore just beat another lawsuit according to this article dated March 28, 2008.

That makes it 100% in terms of all the lawsuits. Guess it pays when you have your facts straight.

Two members of the three-judge panel were appointed by President Bush..

Laurence......Why don't you contact Moore and ask him?

John

plasmavideo wrote on 3/31/2008, 11:43 AM
Our news department will not release any raw footage in most all circumstances. If someone calls in requesting footage of something that aired in a newscast, we refer them to a local "air-checker'" who records all of the local newscasts. They provide copies for a small fee.

You might check the station to see if they have a similar policy, but remember the aired footage will likely contain supers, bugs and snipes.

Tom