Cinema Law: Old Footage, New Media

By Suann MacIsaac
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/cinema_law_old_footage_new_website_20090930/
Q: An obscure actor appears in a 30-second TV commercial in 1966. In 2009 he wants to put the long-forgotten commercial on his Website. Any reason why he shouldn't be allowed to do this?