Title: Identify procedures for obtaining licenses, permits, and releases pertaining to locations, talent, and pre-existing media.
Course: Television and Media Production I (11103-I) > Section: Preproduction: Planning Effective Media

Identification should include

- accounting for Internet safety issues, music copyrights, permission to use locations, and people appearing on camera
- following the jurisdiction of several different ruling bodies, from unions to the local police department.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the possible penalties for failing to observe industry-accepted regulations with regard to licenses and permitting?
- What types of scheduling considerations and expenditures need to be included in the production process to allow for licenses and permitting?
- Who needs to sign a release form? Why?
- What could the penalties be for not following copyright laws?
- How do you obtain copyright permission/usage license?
- How do you protect your copyright?
- What is public domain?