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Re: movie stills
Posted By: wintermute, on host 65.189.42.201
Date: Friday, October 5, 2007, at 18:46:50
In Reply To: Re: movie stills posted by Howard on Friday, October 5, 2007, at 11:58:36:

> I'm looking for the 1952 version, with Charlton Heston, Jimmy Stewart, Betty Hutton, and Cornel Wilde. Somehow I doubt that a still of a section of the film that only lasted a few seconds will be available, but I have to try. I might have to rent it and freeze frame it until I can shoot it with my camera. Hmmm. I wonder how copyrights apply to 55 year-old films?
> Howard

It'll still be in copyright, so without permission from the copyright-holder (in this case, Paramount) your ability to use the image will be limited. If you want to illustrate something about the movie (and you're not using the image commercially), a single frame would easily fall into fair use. On the other hand, if you only want an illustration of the scooter, it would be more of a grey area.

Of course, even if you're on the wrong side of the law, the chances of them prosecuting are approximately zero.

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