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quote Aardvark
The video/disks etc must, however, have belonged to the party as part of the selection process and I would contend that they are responsible for their security. I wait with bated breath to see what happens.
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If the party has
ownership of the video content;
and is therefore responsible for the security of the material; then it follows that the party has
copyright of the material.
And if anyone has agreed to provide interview material as part of the interview process;
and notwithstanding that said material is for the purposes of assessing suitability for public engagement, i.e. is expressly for assessing the expression of that person in a public fashion as if under public scrutiny;
then:
is it not the case that the copyright of the material is in the possession of the party and, therefore,
no breach of either copyright or data protection is involved - unless that is, the party wishes to sue the perpetrator of any breach of security of the material being released. i.e. that it is up to the party to sue Miss AF. if it so wishes?
In other words, does possession of copyright along with the agreement to be part of the interview process make the material exclusively in the party's domain, and therefore indemnified from any claims of the participant(s) of the interview(s)?
I would contend it is most likely the same case law, as the use and copyright of photographic images: that providing a person has agreed to the taking of a photograph and its use by someone else, the copyright and exclusive use passes to that someone else, - the owner of the photo.
Is not the whole thing about this video of West a storm in a teacup?
So Aardie ... you are the lawyer you keep telling us.. so, please tell me what is involved here in law.
Thank you.
DED
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