Slideshow Videos Regulatory Frameworks & Compliance 5 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which WCAG guideline is most relevant when ensuring that animated elements in a slideshow video do not trigger seizures?
- Guideline 1.3 – Adaptable
- Guideline 2.3 – Seizures and Physical Reactions (Correct answer)
- Guideline 3.1 – Readable
- Guideline 4.1 – Compatible
Correct answer: Guideline 2.3 – Seizures and Physical Reactions
WCAG Guideline 2.3 requires that web content, including video animations, not flash more than three times per second to prevent triggering photosensitive seizures.
Question 2: Under the FTC's Endorsement Guides, an influencer who creates a slideshow video reviewing a product they received for free must:
- Disclose only if they were paid cash
- Clearly disclose receiving the product for free regardless of whether payment was made (Correct answer)
- Submit the video for FTC pre-approval
- Include a receipt for the free product in the video
Correct answer: Clearly disclose receiving the product for free regardless of whether payment was made
The FTC's Endorsement Guides require disclosure of any material connection, including receiving free products, regardless of whether money changed hands.
Question 3: A company operating in the EU distributes a slideshow video with auto-play sound. Under EU accessibility requirements (EN 301 549), this content should:
- Play at maximum volume for clarity
- Allow users to pause, stop, or mute audio that plays automatically for more than 3 seconds (Correct answer)
- Be restricted to desktop browsers only
- Require an account login to access
Correct answer: Allow users to pause, stop, or mute audio that plays automatically for more than 3 seconds
EN 301 549, aligned with WCAG 1.4.2, requires that any audio playing automatically for more than 3 seconds must have a mechanism to pause, stop, or reduce the volume.
Question 4: A talent agency's slideshow video features a voice-over actor. Without a proper work-for-hire agreement, who typically holds copyright in the actor's recorded performance?
- The talent agency automatically
- The actor, as the creator of the recorded performance (Correct answer)
- The platform hosting the video
- No one, as performances are not copyrightable
Correct answer: The actor, as the creator of the recorded performance
Without a work-for-hire or assignment agreement, the performer retains copyright in their recorded performance, which can complicate the agency's ability to distribute the video.
Question 5: Under SAG-AFTRA union rules, a production that uses a union actor in a slideshow video distributed digitally must:
- File the video with the SAG-AFTRA archive
- Pay applicable new media or theatrical rates and residuals as defined in the applicable agreement (Correct answer)
- Limit distribution to the US only
- Obtain a separate non-union waiver for each platform
Correct answer: Pay applicable new media or theatrical rates and residuals as defined in the applicable agreement
SAG-AFTRA agreements require signatory producers to pay applicable rates and residuals when union talent appears in new media or digital distribution content.
Question 6: A real estate company creates a slideshow video ad that displays housing prices. To avoid violating the Fair Housing Act, the ad must not:
- Show any interior photos of properties
- Indicate a preference or limitation based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin (Correct answer)
- Include a price range or neighborhood name
- Use voice-over narration
Correct answer: Indicate a preference or limitation based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin
The Fair Housing Act prohibits any housing advertisement that expresses a preference, limitation, or discrimination based on protected characteristics.
Question 7: A company posts a slideshow video testimonial where a customer claims to have lost 30 pounds using their product. The FTC would require this ad to include:
- A disclaimer that individual results vary and disclosure of what results consumers can generally expect (Correct answer)
- The customer's full name and address
- A side-by-side photo comparison on every slide
- Certification from a licensed physician
Correct answer: A disclaimer that individual results vary and disclosure of what results consumers can generally expect
The FTC requires that atypical testimonial results be accompanied by a disclaimer stating that results are not typical and disclosing what results consumers can generally expect.
Slideshow Videos Regulatory Frameworks & Compliance 5
Which WCAG guideline is most relevant when ensuring that animated elements in a slideshow video do not trigger seizures?