Conversation yesterday:
Ryan Werner (IFC ): Do you have the rights to use the Jonathan Richman song in the trailer?
Caveh (emphatically): Yes.
Ryan: In writing?
Caveh: Uh... sort of.
Ryan: You don't have it in writing?
Caveh: Well, I have it in writing for festival rights but not for all rights. But Jonathan said it was fine, and that we could use the song for all rights. I just haven't gotten around to the paperwork yet.
Ryan: Caveh, you're going to give me a heart attack. You have to get him to sign a piece of paper saying you have the rights to use the song in the trailer.
Caveh: Okay. I'm seeing him tonight. I'll ask him.
Later that night:
Caveh: Hey Jonathan.
Jonathan Richman: Hey Caveh.
Caveh: Can you sign a piece of paper saying we have the rights to use the song in the trailer?
Jonathan Richman: Sure.
Jonathan takes a piece of paper and writes:
Hi, this is Jonathan, and I, on this date, March 7, 2006, and with this piece of paper, give Caveh permission to use my song in trailers he might want to make for this movie, "I Am A Sex Addict."
Yours Truly,
Jonathan Richman
San Francisco
posted by Caveh Zahedi at
11:53 AM
