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The copyright of this video belongs to CCTV not Falungong. Falungong modified the original video by CCTV (likely without authorisation) so what Falungong is doing is copyright infringement. Therefore Falungong cannot claim copyright to this modified gif image and cannot release it under public domain either. The only way they can do that is if they produced the entire video themselves, which is clearly not the case here. -- Миборовский U|T|C|M|E|Chugoku Banzai! 20:21, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
CCTV didnt claim any ownershiprights/copyrights on the video - CCTV's claim was that the Video was taken by CNN. The International Department of CNN stated that CNN did not film anything because at the very beginning of the incident, CNN reporters were arrested and their equipment confiscated.
The movie "False Fire: China's Tragic New Standard in State Deception" which analyzes the 2001 Tiananmen Square "self-immolation" incident, won a Certificate of Honorable Mention at the 51st Columbus International Film & Video Festival.The video has been staged at several Video festivals and events and the issue of copyrights have never been raised.
1.CCTV didnt claim any ownershiprights/copyrights on the video - CCTV's claim was that the Video was taken by CNN. The International Department of CNN stated that CNN did not film anything because at the very beginning of the incident, CNN reporters were arrested and their equipment confiscated.
2. Even if the CCTV had claimed ownership rights on the video,
According to US law Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107, there are 4 factors:
1). the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; (This image is not for commercial) 2). the nature of the copyrighted work; (The source is from Television news program, which has already been broadcasted to the public multiple times.) 3). the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; (the image is only several seconds of original work. If we use the whole video or sustantial portion of it, then it may not consititude fair use.) 4). the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work. (Considering 2, and 3 above, there's not much effect upon the market value of original work since the original work is not for commercial purpose.)
So based on US law the use of image constitudes the fair use. (more sample cases can be found at http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-c.html)
3. The movie "False Fire: China's Tragic New Standard in State Deception" which analyzes the 2001 Tiananmen Square "self-immolation" incident, won a Certificate of Honorable Mention at the 51st Columbus International Film & Video Festival.The video has been staged at several Video festivals and events and the issue of copyrights has never been raised.
Dilip rajeev 12:32, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
