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Re: [cc-licenses] Using screen shots of a cc-nc-sa movie

From: Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org>
To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [cc-licenses] Using screen shots of a cc-nc-sa movie
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:59:07 -0700

On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 21:17 +0530, Shashank Sharma wrote:
> I was wondering if using the screenshot of a nc-sa movie in an article
> would be considered a violation.
>
> Imagine this: I write an article about a movie player. I will be payed
> for this article. I need a screenshot in the article showing the video
> player at work. Can I use a NC-SA movie to take the screenshot? Would
> it be a violation of NC or SA, since I'm not using the material per
> se, just a screen shot off of it

Sounds like a fair use (i.e., the CC license is irrelevant) to me, but
IANAL and if you listen to me you can use insanity as a defense.

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[cc-licenses] Using screen shots of a cc-nc-sa movie, Shashank Sharma, 03/21/2007
- Re: [cc-licenses] Using screen shots of a cc-nc-sa movie, Mike Linksvayer, 03/21/2007