Cinema Law: How Do I Tell One Man’s Story?

By Chad Fitzgerald
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/cinema_law_adapting_a_newspaper_article_life_rights_20090727/
Q: I recently read an article in my local paper about a man who has survived a number of natural catastrophes. I found his story fascinating and would like to make it into a film. To do this, would I have to acquire the rights to the article from the writer or acquire the individual’s life rights?