[InterceptPoint]

I do a little video editing and have punched out a couple of Bush-Cheney 2004 ads mostly just for fun and to show the family. I am a little concerned about copyright issues since I naturally use video, photos and audio picked up off the Internet and I have no clue what you can legally due with it. The issue for me is: What happens if someone decides to post something I did on the Internet?

Anyone who knows the groundrules should speak up. I for one would be very interested in what you can and cannot do.

[jmstein7]

I do know... I'm a law student, and I've done a lot in the way of IP.

If you *do* something with it (say an image), if you change it or use it in some way that exhibits a "modicum of creativity" or makes it your own work in some way (a pan or zoom can suffice sometimes), then you're fine.

As long as you don't sell it for money, you're pretty much okay. The most that can happen is that they can say "stop."

If you make money on it, though, they can require that you "disgorge" your profits.

That's the skinny.