We are a small group of residents who want to promote discussion of important topics in our town. As such, we would like to start a video series at our local library. The library told us we needed to get copyright permission. After doing some research, I discovered the "fair use"... View More 
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answered on Apr 7, 2024
Hi Matt,
The fair use doctrine in US copyright law does allow for limited use of copyrighted material without permission for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Whether a particular use qualifies as fair use depends on four main... View More
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answered on Jun 29, 2023
No, in fact that is the very thing you cannot do with a copyrighted photo. You cannot use it for your own profit. There are companies that go around threatening people with lawsuits for using other people's copyrighted images on their websites and blogs. Often it is a bluff but it is stressful... View More
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answered on Jun 29, 2023
No, unfortunately you cannot do that without permission from the network. You can seek permission from the network but it might cost you money to get it.
Sony Pictures Network India issued a series of YouTube copyright strikes on my YouTube channel, leading to the channel being terminated. My videos contain plenty of NBA content, meaning that I do not own the rights to any of it, and Sony owns NBA broadcasting rights in India (and India only). Yet... View More
answered on Oct 9, 2020
If you are not abiding by YouTube's TOU then they have the ability to shut you down. Also, I'm not sure whether you're correct in Sony's ownership of the NBA IP in the USA. It's possible they own other types of non-broadcasting rights in the NBA IP in the USA that would... View More
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answered on Oct 16, 2018
What do you mean when you ask if you may work with arresting officers?
There is a game - Warframe - that I was wondering if I were to reverse engineer statistics from the game, would this fall under Fair Use as research and news? Or would the developers be able to legally charge me for copyright infringement?
answered on Jan 13, 2017
The answer is, as it oft is in the law, maybe. First, let's clarify some terms. Only the state or federal government "charges" you and they do so with criminal laws. Everyone else is merely a witness to the crime, at most, which is legally committed against the state. That is why... View More
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