Author's Right, Copyright and Free Licenses for Culture on the Web/Web Tools/Podcast and Webinar

58. What is a podcast?
It is a recorded or live streamed audio, which can be archived, listened to or distributed via the Internet. It is a sort of web radio broadcast.

59. What is a webinar?
It is a recorded and / or broadcast seminar, even live, via the Internet.

60. What is a live or streaming podcast or webinar?
The podcast or webinar can be recorded and broadcast live on the Internet.

61. Can I freely create a podcast or webinar for the cultural institution for which I collaborate or work or do I have to agree with the management methods, contents and topic, the editorial line?
The podcast or webinar involves a series of preliminary activities to protect copyright. For example, gathering of a written waiver on the originality of the content disseminated by the speakers or interviewees, the specification of whether the speaker or interviewee speaks in a personal capacity or on behalf of the cultural institution. Therefore, careful verification of these aspects is required. It is then required by the legislation that regulates the activities of the cultural institution, or in any case it is appropriate and useful, to verify the prior consent of the director to the registration and broadcast of a podcast or webinar.

62. If I record a podcast or live or streamed webinar with other attendees, do I need to get their consent to broadcast?
The recording and archiving of audio or video content, in addition to raising questions regarding the treatment of personal data, requires the prior written consent of the participants. Written consent must be sought for any possibility of downloading the video by the participants in the event in future. The use of a video, for webinar or video lesson, in a streaming platform must be different from the use of video downloaded by anyone from the same platform. This relates to the permissions that the individual user has on the platform, but first of all from the permissions that participants grant authorizing the streaming but not the download of the video file.

63. In what form (written or oral) shall the consent obtained?
A written form is always recommended.