Lisa Callif Discusses the Ins and Outs of Securing Rights to Material on ABC Radio
As a guest speaker on ABC Radio’s Gurvey Law, Partner Lisa Callif delved into several common issues she runs into as a clearance attorney, including misconceptions regarding defamation. Though many believe that merely stating a negative opinion of a person can count as defamation, this is not the case. “It really has to be a false statement of fact intended to harm a person,” Lisa said.
Lisa also discussed some of the challenges of obtaining errors and omissions coverage. “For documentaries that are critical of big corporations, the filmmakers will want us to write a letter saying ‘There is no viable defamation claim,’” she said. “That means the filmmakers have to literally find a source for every single fact in their film, and we have to go through all the sources to make sure they’re reliable.”
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