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"2) In the united States, there is some disagreement about what constitutes "fair use" of copyrighted materials. Comes up most frequently when people are considering use of cartoons or video clips (or playing a movie). Some copyright owners (e.g., Hollywood studios) take the position that even if you are in a nonprofit, educational environment you can't use anything without permission. Other folks (lawyers representing libraries, for example) take a different view. The best advice is to get permission. The costs vary from reasonable (e.g., Scott Adams) to unreasonable (anything from a TV network or major studio). If you choose to live dangerously, the risk varies with the size of the audience, the size of the sponsoring organiation, whether it is a nonprofit or for-profit organization, and whether the presentation (or some reference to it) will be on line. Because of this risk, many organizations are requiring presenters to remove all possibly copyrighted images from presentations, or prove that permission was given."

I shy away from using cartoons, copyrighted pictures and video clips (although I will include a video clip now and then--especially if it's an unpaid gig.) How do others approach the copyright issues of using clips and cartoons?

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