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Do I need to secure written releases from guests before publishing an episode on my interview style podcast under current US copyright law

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Do I need to secure written releases from guests before publishing an episode on my interview style podcast under current US copyright law
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
US Copyright Office copyright ownership sound recordings interview guest contributions podcast written release copyright joint authorship work made for hireGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
New York one party consent recording law official statute right of publicity Civil Rights Law 50 51 voice name likeness podcastGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
US podcast guest release legal copyright right of publicity written consent interview recordingGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDYes / no

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (3)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReason67%DefinitionInstructionYes / no33%

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
US Copyright Office copyright ownership sound recordings interview guest contributions podcast written release copyright joint authorship work made for hire Google ↗
New York one party consent recording law official statute right of publicity Civil Rights Law 50 51 voice name likeness podcast Google ↗
US podcast guest release legal copyright right of publicity written consent interview recording Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
US Copyright Office copyright ownership sound recordings interview guest contributions podcast written release copyright joint authorship work made for hire
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
New York one party consent recording law official statute right of publicity Civil Rights Law 50 51 voice name likeness podcast
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
US podcast guest release legal copyright right of publicity written consent interview recording
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Yes / no——1x
of 1