Having an editing suite can cause many
problems law wise.
One might fall under breach of contract.
Considering each customer will have a different price since work varies. A
customer might feel they are entitled to more time to edit than they paid for.
Therefore, they might want more time for no pay.
Another might be distribution issue.
Since they are editing video, if someone gets a hold of the media before the
distribution date, my company might be held accountable.
Lastly, insurance on material or media
edited. Since technology isn’t 100% and sometimes it fails. If I don’t have
insurance on a hard drives, I can get in major trouble if a system hard drive
crash. I can lose information that might take time and money to get back, or
never able to retrieve again. Resulting in loss of customers and possible court
case.
Some law suites that’s going on today as
posted on Law360.com are, The Google ruling limit video privacy law, Sony tries
to avoid redo in Ghostface Killah IP suit, and the fear Netflix has if AT&T
merges with DirecTV.
The
case with Google has to do with allegations of Google and Viacom monitoring
children’s Internet activity. The reason why I consider this important is
because, if Google is found guilty of doing this, that can lead to restricting
Google and their activity. Anyone who wants to be seen in the Internet wants
maximum exposure on a site like Google. This could possibly make it difficult
for small business to shine.
With Sony and Ghostface Killah (Rapper),
this is about the rapper using copy written material in 2000 that is now being
looked at in detail. I can easily be a victim to something like this when
editing a video or media. Copyright laws differ depending on the material,
company and situation. So this is something I will have to be careful of when
starting my own company.
Lastly the fear Netflix has if AT&T
and DirecTV. Netflix feels that if these competing names merge it will be the
end of alternate streaming. It will
limit streaming and stop companies like Netflix from reaching customers. This affects
my clients and me because companies such as Netflix and Hulu helps young film
makers promote and stream independent movies. These are the same people looking
for editing suites to edit their material. If the merger happens then I can
expect a decline in customers, which isn’t good at all.
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