JazzBox Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Hallo!I'm going to film a short: in some scenes the protagonist take famous medicine and drink a well known whisky. Do you think it is legal to film the real medicine boxes and a bottle of that whisky or could I have a problem with the companies? Do I need some permits? Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dafreaking Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 You know what. It totally depends. Strictly speaking, you would need permission. If it's a well known brand (medicine) and you are showing it in bad light then they could object. Also depends on which country you are in and where you intend to show the short. JazzBox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcs Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 http://www.artslaw.com.au/info-sheets/info-sheet/using-brands-and-products-in-film/ JazzBox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzBox Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 You know what. It totally depends. Strictly speaking, you would need permission. If it's a well known brand (medicine) and you are showing it in bad light then they could object. Also depends on which country you are in and where you intend to show the short.Thank you! It's not real a bad light: it's some scene we need to shoot in order to show the character's life, that is a 40 years old man a little depressed and very rock&roll.... Of course it is not bad in our intentions but I asked because it's better to change a little the screenplay then paying some lawyers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzBox Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 http://www.artslaw.com.au/info-sheets/info-sheet/using-brands-and-products-in-film/ Thank you very much! I'm going to read it! The short will be on YouTube and Vimeo, so I don't know if will be under the U.S. law or under Italian law... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhessel Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Why not make a fake label for the whiskey and use similar looking alternative to the famous medicine you speak of, if it is what I am inferring it is. That way you should have nothing to worry about. JazzBox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzBox Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Why not make a fake label for the whiskey and use similar looking alternative to the famous medicine you speak of, if it is what I am inferring it is. That way you should have nothing to worry about.That's a great idea! For the whisky it's simple, for the box I'm going to work a little more, but that's definitely THE idea! Huge thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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