---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 1280.40"
title: "36"
number: "1280.40"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/1280.40"
---

# §1280.40. Definitions.

- (a) **Filming, photographing, or videotaping for commercial purposes.** Any filming, photographing, or videotaping to promote commercial enterprises or commodities.
- (b) **News filming, photographing, or videotaping.** Any filming, photographing, or videotaping done by a commercial or non-profit news organization that is intended for use in a television or radio news broadcast, newspaper, or periodical.
- (c) **Personal use filming, photographing, or videotaping.** Any filming, photographing, or videotaping intended solely for personal or non-commercial educational use that will not be commercially distributed.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 2102 notes, 2104(a), 2112, 2903.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 26851, May 6, 2020, unless otherwise noted.