Patent ID: 7813936

Claim:
A method for producing content, the content depicting at least a portion of a performance by at least one person, at least a portion of the content being subject to a federal record-keeping requirement, the method comprising the steps of: a) providing a system comprising (i) means for producing content depicting a performance, (ii) a first database stored in a first computer system, (iii) first input means for providing information pertaining to a person to be depicted in the content to the first database, and (iv) means for providing a signature of the person to the first database; b) obtaining a digitized model release signed by the person using the means for providing a signature of the person to the first database; c) providing the digitized signed model release to the first database by the first computer system; d) providing to the first data base by the first computer system information pertaining to the content and the person to be depicted in the content in accordance with the federal record-keeping requirement using the first input means; e) associating by the first computer system the information with the content to be produced by storing the information together with an identification of the content in a storage medium independent of a medium to be used to store the content; f) determining by the first computer system that the stored associated information includes sufficient information to comply with the federal record-keeping requirement; and g) producing the content based on the determination in step f).