Shane,
I myself am a student in video production, and use these forums for guidance.
There are people here with many, many years of experience who are only trying to help you. It would therefore be in your own best interest to treat others with respect on the forums.
With insults, you run the risk of having your privileges of being a user revoked. I hope you understand that.
Lastly, your example of fair use, I would argue, is not even a good one. You quoted the example from Seven where “the court held that the photos ‘appear fleetingly and are obscured, severely out of focus, and virtually unidentifiable.'” Unless your (effectively) stolen media is “unidentifiable” in some way, you’re going to have some trouble making this argument.
Good luck,
-Ramzi
Ramzi Dreessen
Photo Editor – Buzz Magazine
Junior, News-Editorial Journalism – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.rkdphoto.wordpress.com
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