Understanding Stock Video Footages and Photos Licensing
In your professional or personal life, there are plenty of times that you might need to use footage ; clicked, shot, or composed, by someone else. But you can’t use them just like that. These assets are protected under Government Copyright Laws and you need to acquire proper licenses to use them in any capacity. Failure to do so will cause you legal implications. The Copyright Law Under Copyright Law, the Indian Government offers protection to the intellect of human creation. The law establishes an exclusive and singular right to the owner, author, or creator of the ‘original’ work. The ‘work’ which can be categorized under cinematographic films, artistic works, literary works, musical, sound recording, dramatics, or Computer Software. Besides gaining the owner an economic and moral right on his work, the Copyright Law provides him the freedom to license his work to one or more individual or a company, for a specified period of time and on certain set terms and conditions, i...