Copyright and your video
When an explainer video needs the copyright holder's permission: a video that shows the document's pages needs the right to adapt it; a redrawn video, in our own words and drawings, normally does not.
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What can a video of your document show? Your own words, figures, services and brand are yours. What needs checking is anything in it that belongs to someone else. Copyright protects how a work is expressed, not the ideas or facts it describes: the WTO's TRIPS Agreement and the WIPO Copyright Treaty both say so.
UK law adds a caution: copying any substantial part of a work infringes. So there are two kinds of video. A redrawn video copies no text or images, so it does not normally need anyone else's permission. A video that shows your document's pages needs the right to adapt it.
For a video that shows your pages, check the photographs and partner logos on them. Your own charts and figures are yours, and a short, credited quote is usually fine. This is general information, not legal advice about your document. If your position is unusual, tell us when you order, and we will check it before we start.
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