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When is it — and when isn't it — OK to repurpose someone else's copyrighted work? What is in the public domain? When must you get someone's permission to appear in your video? We offer no legal advice, but these documents may provide some guidance:

     Leon Worden is president and CEO of SCVTV, the 501c3 nonprofit agency that operates the Santa Clarita Valley's public television channels and provides multimedia services to all government agencies and to the 120 nonprofit organizations that serve the Santa Clarita Valley, Calif. An SCV resident since 1970, UCLA graduate and award-winning journalist (Associated Press, California Newspaper Publishers Association, National Newspaper Association, Numismatic Literary Guild awards for investigative reporting, business writing, opinion pages, websites), Leon was Senior Editor of The Signal newspaper until 2007. He has produced local television programming since 2002 and has served as president of the SCV Historical Society, chairman of the City of Santa Clarita's Newhall Redevelopment Committee, founding director of the Friends of Mentryville, founding member of the Los Angeles County Small Business Commission and the county's Ad-Hoc Committee on Homeless Services (SCV), and co-creator of the SCV Sheriff Station's first Haunted Jailhouse. Leon continues to serve as chairman of the Santa Clarita Valley Fourth of July Parade; publisher of the Old Town Newhall Gazette; manager of SCVTV.com, SCV History In Pictures (scvhistory.com) and other local websites. He serves on the Hart District's Career Technical Education (CTE) Advisory Group and SCV Habitat for Heroes. As a contributing writer to Coinage, the largest U.S. numismatic monthly, he has won Numismatic Literary Guild awards for best coin article in a U.S. coin magazine (2006, 2007) and the NLG's top journalism award for best numismatic article in any medium, worldwide (2008).

    Michael has lived in the Santa Clarita Valley for nearly 20 years. Following a decade in the Flight Test Engineering Department at the famous Lockheed Skunk Works in Burbank, he has spent the last 18 years an Audio Engineer mixing shows for every major network and cable channel and has two Emmy nominations for his work. He spent 10 years on the road with ABC Sports, televising just about every sport there is. For four years, he toured with Frank Sinatra as a staff engineer and on both the "Duets" and "Duets 2" CDs. He now stays closer to home as one of the top television audio mixers in Hollywood. His current shows include "Divorce Court" for Fox, "The Gong Show" for Comedy Central and "Merv Griffin's Crosswords." In September he will head the audio team for the new Bonnie Hunt talk show for Telepictures. He designs and rents audio systems used to produce television shows. An active volunteer in the community, Michael helps teach television production to local junior and senior high school students and is an advisor to the Hart School District ROP program. He rebuilt and upgraded the SCVTV television studio and edit bay; has volunteered for 14 years with the Saugus High School Band, recording 13 CDs for Jazz Ensemble; and works with the City of Santa Clarita Disaster Preparedness Group as a City Radio Officer and designed and built the City's emergency communication system. For fun, he can be found on his boat on a local lake, riding his Harley or throwing a tennis ball to his golden retriever, Winston.

    Fred's family came to Newhall in 1938 and purchased the Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise newspaper. He was born and raised in the Santa Clarita Valley, attended local schools and served in the United States Army from 1966 to 1968. Fred is a magna cum laude graduate of Pepperdine University and is a former SCV Man of the Year. After 31 years with Southern California Edison, Fred formed a consulting company focusing on organization development; a sports media company that does filming and promotional work for Eastmans' Publishing on the Outdoor Channel; and he is a senior partner in Paladin Principle, a regional public relations and governmental affairs firm. Fred also served as a field deputy for former Assemblyman Dr. Keith Richman.