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Copy Rights and Background People

 
 


maxheadspace
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Aug 17, 2005, 9:49 PM

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Greetings!

Question on legal obligations regarding incidental people filmed in the background "on the street." If filming something, like a documentary or expose, is there a fair-use right to have those people appear in the background without getting release forms from them all? Not necessarily asking for a legal opinion, just kind of a rule-of-thumb on this issue.

Many thanks!
Max. Sly