OTish: Possible Copyright trouble / how to mask a section of footage and blur

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 1/4/2005, 4:17 PM
So, I'm shooting a promo video for closed circut large audience display. Not broadcast. My problem is that there are some people in the shots where the logo on their clothes are blatently obvious.

1) Are the legal issues with this when it's not going to be broadcast on T.V.
2) If so, How do I blur them out?

Thanks for any input.

Dave

Comments

winrockpost wrote on 1/4/2005, 4:21 PM
DISCLAIMER :I'm not a lawyer, do not listen to me.

I wouldn't worry about it.
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 1/4/2005, 4:30 PM
BTW, I forgot to mention that it should only be shown in the State of ND, as it is a ND Convention that will be taking place.
Coursedesign wrote on 1/4/2005, 4:53 PM
If this is a large commercial venue and it's a commercial event (including promotion of something for people to buy), the trademark (NOT copyright, that's something else) owners have all the right in the world to sue you, and they would probably be successful in court.

Even the large networks now blur out T-shirt logos etc. rather than dealing with this.

There are many exceptions such as journalism, but for you why risk the hassle?

It is easy to blur things in Vegas with a cookie cutter or bezier mask and Gaussian blur.

One tutorial for this is here: http://thetroxels.com/vegas/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20&sid=7434e6ec2c69030e91ada41ba2f5b54a
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 1/4/2005, 5:05 PM
This is not a commercial venue, it's intended for promoting a kids convention, no products will be sold and the outfit that hired me is non-profit (don't know if this makes any difference).

Dave
Coursedesign wrote on 1/4/2005, 5:11 PM
In practice, that makes it unlikely that they would go after you, especially if, as you indicate, the logos seen are just incidental.
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 1/4/2005, 5:14 PM
WORD, I kinda figured it wouldn't be a problem, but now I know how to blur, I was trying to pan crop instead of Cookie Cut (Don't know where my head was there). But hey, now I know something knew.
B.Verlik wrote on 1/4/2005, 6:45 PM
An easy way to keep from worrying would be to use the 'Insert Text Media' and use the Hyphen or Underline. Set the size you need by typing in the 'size' (700 to 999), then use the 'Placement' tab to put the 'hyphen' where you need it. In the properties tab, use the eyedropper to match the shirt color. Text renders much faster than the cookie cutter and blur. You may just need enough to cover only a portion of the 'logos' to do the job. I don't know what to tell you about moverment. I haven't had to do that yet. Maybe all you have to do is use the 'period' to just cover enough of the logo. Considering where this is being shown, I doubt you'd have any trouble, but you'd think they'd just walk up and say "Hey, you can't show those." before taking legal action.