Re: Fwd: FNV-RIAA IS CRACKING DOWN

[Kim Flint <kflint@chromatic.com>]

At 04:24 PM 8/26/98 -0500, Dennis W. Leas wrote:

>
>You bring up an interesting point.  If a producer 'samples' a brand name 
>in
a major motion 
>picture by showing the star using the product, the brand owner typically
pays for the 
>advertising (by prior arrangement, of course) instead of sueing for
payment.  See any 
>inconsistency here?
>

Good example, actually. The film maker does not have to get permission of a
product manufacturer to show that product in the film, nor do they have to
pay to do so. (Fair Use again....)  The only transaction that ever occurs 
is
when the product manufacturer pays the film maker for the privelege of
having their product displayed in the film, as a form of advertising. See?
the money is going the opposite direction there....

kim
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