Recording Singers - the LEGAL way

[pelletmon]

I have been doing it at my shows for over a year now.Execpt for one difference.Instead of doing cd's,I do DVD's.I set up a camera system at the club where I gig 4 nights a week.I take the audio signal out of the mixer( I would not recomend using the "on board camera mic" then take the vidio sig from the camera and bring it all into a dvd burner.I make anouncements throughout the night that if anyone would like to make a dvd of the're performance,pick 2 songs to sing(we will cue em up back to back) bring the slip to us (with 10$)and we will get you right up.I also make a point of telling folks( in a nice way) that if the buy one, as a bonus they will also get to move right to the front of the waiting list.It works as a great selling point. I get people who don't even care about the dvd.They just buy one so they can sing 2 songs back to back and sing em now.As far as the legal issues,I see myself as a photographer,filming someone for a fee.At my wedding I hired a local photographer.During the ceromony the church singer sang ava maria and he filmed it .I don't think anyone ever got sued.I am wondering though in a court of law if a "home movie"would fall under a different pretence than a coppied cd in this type of situtation.Something to consider?