Do video producers need a model release form?

Do video producers and video bloggers need to obtain a right-of-publicity/model release form from the subjects of their videos if they plan on using the video commercially (including making money from ads)?

I posed the question to San Francisco attorney Colette Vogele at the recent Web Video Summit in San Jose, and then caught up with her in the hallway to capture her answer in this 3-minute video interview taken with a Nokia N-95 cell phone.

Ourmedia page | watch MPEG-4 video

Lauren Gelman on copyright and personal media

Here's a 6-minute video interview with Lauren Gelman, associate director of Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, about copyright, fair use and grassroots media. Conducted at the recent BlogHer conference in San Jose, Calif. (Ourmedia page | watch video)

Format: MPEG-4 (iPod compatible); 16.1MB; 6:29; Ourmedia page | watch video; video quality: **** (out of 5)

Lauren Gelman: Blogging and the law

Lauren Gelman, associate director of the Center for Internet & Society at Stanford Law School, summarizes what bloggers need to know about the law.

Formats: H.264 m4v for iPod; 24MB; 4:30; Ourmedia page | video; video quality: **** (out of 5)

QuickTime .mov; 18MB; 4:30; 320x240px; Ourmedia page | video; video quality: *** (out of 5)

Tags: Lauren Gelman, BlogHer, blogging, law, Stanford, citizen journalism

Extra: P2P photo download (details)
5 images (1028px wide), 690kb. Web page | torrent

Denise Howell on grassroots media and the law

Denise Howell, an attorney and blogger, discusses the intersection of grassroots media and the law at the Gnomedex conference, June 25, 2005, in Seattle.

Format: H.264 m4v for iPod; 58.1MB; 11:00; Ourmedia page | video; video quality: ** (out of 5)

MPEG-4; 45MB; 11:00; Ourmedia page; video quality: ** (out of 5)

Tags: Denise Howell,copyright, law, attorneys, intellectual property, Gnomedex, Gnomedex2005, citizen journalism