"fair use" clips from TV/Movies that would clearly be kicked out of the fair use category if my blog were to have any "commercial uses."
(warning: not a lawyer, just someone who has done a lot of collage work over a couple of decades) It depends on the type of commercial use and more specifically the nature of the use. Plenty of fair use heavy projects generate some income, from Negativland to the collage work of film and video artists who get screening, exhibition and rental fees. But commercial or not, fair use or not, the lawyers who may come calling will just want your money and be backed by scary big resources. "Transformative" is a big part of the four factors, and the four factors are to be weighed in context. I'm not sure a tip jar moves a site into the commercial category. There's a difference between selling something and accepting a gift. Brook -- _______________________________________________________ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
