Does posting short memorable scenes or songs from a movie constitute copyright violation?
<p>On Youtube I often see videos of songs or other short memorable scenes from various movies posted. Since these are non-transferable I assume this is technically a violation of copyright, even if it's done for a very popular movie.</p>

<p>Is it a violation of copyright to post or watch such clips?</p>

<p>Use of copyrighted material without license is not considered infringing if it complies with the proscriptions of <a href="/questions/tagged/fair-use" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;fair-use&#39;" rel="tag">fair-use</a>, which are <a href="http://copyright.gov/fair-use/" rel="nofollow">enumerated by both statute and case law</a>.  Without a specific example one couldn't guess whether or which fair-use exemption might apply.</p>

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