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I could do an unauthorized documentary about JK Rowling without her permission, and I could show the Harry Potter book covers in that movie without getting her

• wlesieutre 12y ago
  Nixon's approval doesn't matter, copyright on images and video of him belongs to the people who recorded them. And yes, Harry Potter covers would likely be fair use in the context of a documentary about JK Rowling where it's obvious that they're someone else's work being used for informational purposes. Taking slides from someone's powerpoint and putting them on a bulletin board is more like cutting pieces out of the covers and using them as owl clipart with no attribution and in an unrelated context.
  • gojomo 12y ago
    Pastiche, palimpsest, and bricolage are all valid expressive forms which excerpt or rewrite liberally from source material. And this is a closely-related context – a fictional retelling of the same day the slides appeared! – commenting (via fiction) on major social and political issues. There's a strong fair use rationale here, too.