Copyright question re Facebook / Film

gripper stebson

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OK so in this horror movie I am currently making (www.thehallowedmovie.com) we need to show close ups of a couple of Facebook profiles. These wont be real persons profiles just mocked up ones for the characters in the film.

Would Facebook be able to pull us up on showing their website on screen without permission?

Any advice welcome.

Cheers!

 

Titanic

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How about asking them for a 'product placement' fee?

 

gripper stebson

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Titanic said:

How about asking them for a 'product placement' fee?

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Good idea!

$500,000 should cover it!

 

seagullsovergrimsby

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Facebook - so very 2010.

 

gripper stebson

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A bit of Googling seems to show that I can't. Booo.

Back to FriendFace then!

 

Lord Bracknell

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Why make a fresh horror movie, when the real horror movie that is the World of Facebook has already been viewed by trillions of people?

 

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gripper stebson said:

Would Facebook be able to pull us up on showing their website on screen without permission?

Any advice welcome.

Cheers!

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Not quite my field of expertise, but my immediate thought would be "Yes, yes they can. Not only can they; they will". Don't do it without checking with them or an IP lawyer first.

 

Lord Bracknell

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Seriously, though ... what commercial value does a mock-up of a Facebook profile page have to the owners of the copyright? Absolutely nothing, I would have thought, if its use in a movie is simply as an image. It's not as though the image could be used to set up an alternative service that could rival the existing one.

 

Lord Bracknell

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If the characters in the movie drove a Ford Mondeo, would the Ford Motor Company be able to claim a payment for a breach of their image rights?

 

gripper stebson

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Lord Bracknell said:

If the characters in the movie drove a Ford Mondeo, would the Ford Motor Company be able to claim a payment for a breach of their image rights?

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This is an interesting one on where do you draw the line. Do you need permission from the maker of EVERY piece of clothing worn for instance... no.

So Clothes - fine
Mondeo - fine
Facebook on a computer screen - no chance.

Strange.

 

bristolseagull

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gripper stebson said:

OK so in this horror movie I am currently making (www.thehallowedmovie.com) we need to show close ups of a couple of Facebook profiles. These wont be real persons profiles just mocked up ones for the characters in the film.

Would Facebook be able to pull us up on showing their website on screen without permission?

Any advice welcome.



Cheers!

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just watched the trailer, looks alright- do the girls get naked in it? in which case i'll keep an eye on it...

 

Triggaaar

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gripper stebson said:

we need to show close ups of a couple of Facebook profiles. These wont be real persons profiles just mocked up ones for the characters in the film.

Would Facebook be able to pull us up on showing their website on screen without permission?

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Well you're not actually using their website, you're doing a mockup of it.

You should join a movie or photography forum and ask there.