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Originally Posted by QB
Say what? Motion pictures are audiovisual works consisting of a series of related images that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion, together with any accompanying sounds. Motion pictures are typically embodied in film, videotape, or videodisk.
Copyright in a motion picture is automatically secured when the work is created and “fixed” in a copy.
http://copyright.gov/circs/circ45.pdf
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Raw video is not automatically copyrighted to the videographer who shot it in the same way that a still photo is. I know this because a) it's my job and b) our company has this very clearly spelled out in all the legal stuff that governs the production of video.
Yes, all the completed videos we produce are copyrighted to our company. Or an independent person can produce a video that is then copyrighted (and it has to say so or it's not). But raw video is not automatically copyrighted to the cameraman who shot it. A still photo is.
The key lies in the word "tangible" which is in the official definition of what constitutes a copyrightable video.