Ghostwriter
Newbie
- Dec 4, 2009
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I'll try to make it short.
I decided to make parodies of videos, a la Hitler finds out....
So I used this 1 minute video of an Indian Movie, because the character greatly resembles the president of my country (I'm in Latin America). I added subtitles that had nothing to do with the actual speech (which I don't understand anyway), so that the characters seem to be talking about recent events in my country.
I believe this falls under fair use.
Youtube ID found a match, I claimed fair use, and unsurprisingly, the company, Shemaroo, declined my claim. As far as I know, the company doesn't have any offices in the US, although I don't know if that matters.
I can claim fair use a second time, however, I know that if I do so, I'd be exposing myself to a lawsuit.
So, should I? Does the fact that we're in two different non-US countries matter?
I'd appreciate any insights.
I decided to make parodies of videos, a la Hitler finds out....
So I used this 1 minute video of an Indian Movie, because the character greatly resembles the president of my country (I'm in Latin America). I added subtitles that had nothing to do with the actual speech (which I don't understand anyway), so that the characters seem to be talking about recent events in my country.
I believe this falls under fair use.
Youtube ID found a match, I claimed fair use, and unsurprisingly, the company, Shemaroo, declined my claim. As far as I know, the company doesn't have any offices in the US, although I don't know if that matters.
I can claim fair use a second time, however, I know that if I do so, I'd be exposing myself to a lawsuit.
So, should I? Does the fact that we're in two different non-US countries matter?
I'd appreciate any insights.