Cautionary note indeed--BUT--is this the best/worst case for us averge users for academic purposes? Perhaps not. For example: the Hollywood Reporter is a commercial enterprise. -- they used a publicity photo -- they credited the wrong person Or is this hairsplitting? I have a stake in this debate since I've submitted four stills from a movie (taken from the VHS version) to accompany an article to be published in an academic book. I thought that was fair use. Now it seems that even had I bought stills from a dealer I might be liable. Does this make sense? Surely not! (?...) Liora Moriel Comparative Literature Program University of Maryland 2107 Susquehanna Hall College Park, MD 20742-8825 [log in to unmask] "We have cooperated for a very long time in the maintenance of our own invisibility. And now the party is over." - Vito Russo ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite