I am making a no budget documentary and there is, hypothetically, old news footage that I would like to use in the documentary. According to the the "Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use," I should be able to use the footage with out worry of copy right law suite, given I source correctly.
This PDF out line is available here.
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/fair_use/
The only place that seems to have the film archives available is charging a large amount of money and I am not sure they even have the footage I want.
I have not yet attempted to contact the local news channels directly, but are the news channels obligated to help? I some how highly doubt that they will be of much help with out paying thousands in licensing fees, which according to the "Best Practices" guidelines I do not need to pay.
Has any one else been a similar situation, or gone through the process of using archived footage?
This PDF out line is available here.
http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/fair_use/
The only place that seems to have the film archives available is charging a large amount of money and I am not sure they even have the footage I want.
I have not yet attempted to contact the local news channels directly, but are the news channels obligated to help? I some how highly doubt that they will be of much help with out paying thousands in licensing fees, which according to the "Best Practices" guidelines I do not need to pay.
Has any one else been a similar situation, or gone through the process of using archived footage?
