cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/7682980

What I typed up in my original Reddit post:

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I'm trying to use pictures and footage in a way that's not copyright infringement. I'm trying to take a note from Hbomberguy here. But of course, that may be impossible, I'm just not sure. Maybe it's a high bar. Do YouTubers often check or give credit in their pictures?

I'm trying make sure I don't get into trouble and remain ethical, take the moral path, so to speak. I have sources, at least. Maybe not full citations, but I talk about my sources in my book reviews. But the pictures and slides confuse me. Is there a way to cite them or do I just take them from Google images or some stock photo and use them? What about screenshoting some?

What about using footage or footage from other YouTubers? Stock footage? Or footage from another YouTube channel, like historical footage or black-and-white footage? Or, say, you wanted to use a gaming stream footage? I'm t

Interview with Robert Dennis, composer of "Milk" (Sesame Street, 1975)

"Milk" is one of the most strange and powerful episodes to come out of the Children's Television Workshop. It is impossible to imagine this film being made now. Here's the pitch:

Yeah…Jim. Look, I thought we would show how milk gets made with no script and no dialogue. Yeah. Let's just go shoot footage of farmers and the milk truck, maybe throw in a crying baby and some weird, monotone music crafted by some composer who likes jazzy stuff played by a chamber ensemble. Sunny day? Nah. Let's not make it cheerful or happy. We should make it gloomy and unsettling. Oh, and Jim? To do it right, we need some crane shots, a huge decal for the truck, and about four and a half minutes running time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possibly_in_Michigan

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28457574