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  • Copyright fair use – using video excerpt on portfolio website

    Posted by Alexander Signer on November 14, 2007 at 8:19 pm

    My company has created a corporate video for a client without signing a specific copyright agreement. Despite the lack of agreement, I have no issues granting copyrights to the client. But now the client approached us saying we should remove a 20-second excerpt of the clip (total length 4 minutes) which is shown on my company’s website as part of work portfolio.

    Obviously, I’m not happy about it and would like to (nicely) explain to the client that I have the rights to showcase my work. The question is, though, am I right? Can I claim this as ‘fair use’?

    Thanks for any advise.

    Pat Mcgowan replied 18 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Pat Mcgowan

    November 15, 2007 at 12:09 am

    Wow, I’ve never had this happen. My clients are usually delighted to have their videos displayed on my website.

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