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Derek Weiss
February 21st, 2009, 11:02 PM
A certain news paper takes a "screen grab" of a posted video and uses it to tell a story in their paper.

Is this legal, or is it a copyright issue?

Steve House
February 22nd, 2009, 03:13 AM
A certain news paper takes a "screen grab" of a posted video and uses it to tell a story in their paper.

Is this legal, or is it a copyright issue?

Very likely this would fall under the umbrella of Fair Use which allows for limited copying of copyrighted works for purposes of news gathering and reporting.