EOC Week 9: Letters of Permission

In class we discussed letters of permission.  Which means anything that has a copyright to its domain or any type of patent protection must be asked for permission by the owner before exploiting it to the public. For example say you want to film a short film and during the film you'll have music playing.  If the music in the back is playing a popular song you must contact the artist and ask the artist if its ok to play his or her music in the background of this film.  Another example could be receiving permission from a famous photographer.  Say you want to use a well known picture that was captured by a famous photographer  If you plan on featuring that picture on your website without the artist permission you can be sued.  I chose these four letters because in someway they are relevant to my field.  Sometimes during styling shoots we need to write off a contract agreeing that the model and the photographer both own rights to the picture.  Its also important in fashion because you could possibly be featuring other designers work in your blog site without them wanting their work to be displayed or perhaps you decide to film a 2 minute styling video and you use other brands to recieve recognition.  Without the permission of the owner you are at risk of copyright infringment and can potentially be sued.  Always make sure to right a letter!
http://www.ametsoc.org/pubs/copyrightinfo/ams_model_permission_letter.pdf

http://webdesignlaw.com/contracts/letter-of-agreement

http://mgitaristannes.blogspot.com/2011/12/filming-permission-letter.html

http://ebookbrowse.com/sample-permission-letter-for-film-shooting-pdf-d82685846