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0 pointsdagmx1y ago0 comments

Fair use gets tricky when you intermix it like this. Though I must first call out that there’s no actual 8 second rule.

Even with fair use, it’s still good form to attribute it. But more importantly , those images are intermixed among product clips/videos which can fall on the other side of fair use because it may give the impression that they are associated with the product.

That can be a tight line to walk and so it’s again usually best to specifically call out that they are there for illustrative purposes.

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dylan6041y ago

Notice the quotes around the "8 seconds" rule. It's not a rule, but that's what it is known as. I mainly know it from the audio world, but it was a common theme/trope/meme in radio shows about using music without royalties.

Whether or not it's described in the text of copyright law, it is a common concept people are familiar.

dagmxOP1y ago

Nitpickiest of nits: given your intended description, the quotes should be around “rule” not “8 second”. When around “rule”, that implies it’s not really a rule. When around “8 second” it implies that it’s not 8 seconds exactly or it’s what it’s colloquially called, but it would still be a rule.

Regardless, the fair use laws are very loose and tend to vary depending on the medium type and association with product.

Anyway , I get what you’re saying but given it’s part of a product page, it should at the very least, call out that they’re illustrative and not actually associated.

dylan6041y ago

Do you really think that this company is implying that they made The Matrix or Dune? It is clearly just an example used to aid in the discussion of the surrounding text. There is no claim of "we used this software to make Dune". If they had, you can assume they would have put that out in some sort of call out in their marketing.

If you were confused by the image as them trying to take credit, then boy, I don't know.

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0 pointsdagmx1y ago0 comments

Fair use gets tricky when you intermix it like this. Though I must first call out that there’s no actual 8 second rule.

That can be a tight line to walk and so it’s again usually best to specifically call out that they are there for illustrative purposes.

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dylan6041y ago

Whether or not it's described in the text of copyright law, it is a common concept people are familiar.

dagmxOP1y ago

Regardless, the fair use laws are very loose and tend to vary depending on the medium type and association with product.

Anyway , I get what you’re saying but given it’s part of a product page, it should at the very least, call out that they’re illustrative and not actually associated.

dylan6041y ago

If you were confused by the image as them trying to take credit, then boy, I don't know.

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