In a message dated 2/2/01 3:12:40 PM, [log in to unmask] writes: << Can anyone tell me what the related legalities are to lifting a clip or two of a Charlie Chaplin film and putting it onto CD-Rom for a book? I don't want the entire film, just one or two clips of scenes. Is this analogous to quoting part of a printed text? >> Dear Carol, Unless the film is public domain (anything he did before 1923) and not using the music someone newly created for it, or the intertitles they might have been newly written, I wouldn't do it. First, it isn't legal, and second, the Chaplin estate (along with Disney) is fairly "active" in suing infringers. There's even a joke about this in one of the Simpson episodes! However, this is what University lawyers are paid to investigate and you shouldn't just take my (or anyone else who's not an expert) word for it. Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: (201) 767-3117 or (800) 603-1104 Fax: (201) 767-3035 Email: [log in to unmask] www.milestonefilms.com ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html