[SML] Video projectors or Ellipsoids for outside projection?

[Richard Niederberg]

As an Entertainment Lawyer for 42 years, I have not found an unequivilent
answer.

/s/ Richard
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On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 1:04 PM Joe via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Certainly, the Gobo approach is a tangible item.  In a quick search, I
> found there were rulings that things like websites are copyrighted.  I
> didn't go into detail, but for things like public performances, before the
> ditigal age, any sort of "fixation" of the performance was sufficient to
> copyright it.  So, perhaps recording the digital art on a hard drive is
> sufficient "fixation".  Though signage, copyright is not normally an issue,
> as it is normally reproducing other things that are copyrighted themselves.
>
> -Joe Dunfee
>  717-203-8670 Cell
>
> On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 11:39:35 AM EDT, Richard Niederberg via
> Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
> Can the Projection itself be “a Work in a Tangible Medium” for legal
> purposes? (Not the original image in the instrument doing the projection).
> It may matter…
>
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