3D Movie Maker: Legal Issues of Making and Sharing Movies
Article ID: 143268
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
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SUMMARY
Users of Microsoft 3D Movie Maker are encouraged to make use of the
product in ways that would constitute "fair use." This article discusses
examples of fair use.
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Fair use is defined as personal, non-commercial, generally private
(as opposed to public) use. Copyright law gives Microsoft exclusive
rights to manufacture, distribute, and create derivative works (such
as stories using 3D Movie Maker characters) for public performance or
display.
For example, you could not take 3D Movie Maker characters and use them in a
manner constituting commercial use. However, you could, use them to create
a story that you would share among friends and family.
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