advice for newbie!

[Zane Barker]

[Kylee Wall] “Shane isn’t a professional trying to steal for commercial purposes – it’s for SCHOOL”

Simply saying its for school does not mean you can do anything you want with it. Fair use allows in education allows it to be used as part of a lesson https://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html. That does not mean it can be edited and modified. Shane has clearly stated he plans on editing it. Thats not fair use.

**Hindsight is always 1080p**

[Kylee Pena]

The DMCA was updated last summer to be more broad.

“The exemption for use of motion pictures on DVD—which lumps together doc filmmakers, college teachers and film/media studies students and noncommercial video creators such as remixers–is limited only to criticism and commentary, not to all potential fair uses, but that category is enormously broad, including even remixes with a critical intent. The excerpt must be “relatively short,” but the Librarian chose not to define the phrase, leaving it up to the user. A new work must be created (a “transformative” act). The maker must have a reason why an inferior quality (such as one shot off a screen or from a VHS) is not good enough.”

Shane’s short school projects fall under this. I did several similar “found footage” projects while I was in school. They are remixes with critical intent.

[Peter Jorgensen]

This isn’t necessarily copyright infringement. I may be covered under Fair Use (educational/one time). Depends on several factors.