Does copyright cover the use of artwork in a video?
<p>If I appear in a video wearing a shirt with a copyrighted image on it, is that a violation?</p>

<p>What about if the artwork is being used as an illustration? For example, if I'm doing a video tutorial on painting, and use a painting someone else has done to illustrate a point, or as example of a particular method.</p>

<p>Yup, copyright statutes and case law cover these situations.</p>
<p>In Canada, look at at Copyright Act Section 30.7:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>It is not an infringement of copyright to incidentally and not deliberately</p>
<p>(a) include a work or other subject-matter in another work or other subject-matter; or</p>
<p>(b) do any act in relation to a work or other subject-matter that is incidentally and not deliberately included in another work or other subject-matter.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The US doesn't have this in statute, but some defendants used a fair use defence, some successful, some not. (<a href="http://www.iposgoode.ca/2010/04/cindy-incidentally-the-incidental-inclusion-exception-in-canadian-copyright-law/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.iposgoode.ca/2010/04/cindy-incidentally-the-incidental-inclusion-exception-in-canadian-copyright-law/</a>)</p>
<p>If you're using a piece of art as part of a tutorial, or being illustrative of a point, or subject of commentary, review, or criticism, that may be fair use or fair dealing.</p>

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