<html><head><base href="x-msg://41/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I don't believe it either, but I will need an authoritative statement (i.e., a law, not an interpretation) to support my claim.<div><br></div><div>For future reference, the SCMS statement seems to be here:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.cmstudies.org/?page=positions_policies">http://www.cmstudies.org/?page=positions_policies</a></div><div><br></div><div>However, the policies only seem to apply to publications in the U.S., and I'm trying to figure out the law in Japan.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 12, 2012, at 11:23 PM, Nornes, Markus wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div fpstyle="1" ocsi="0" style="word-wrap: break-word; "><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Tahoma; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; ">SCMS has a statement on their webpage. David Bordwell and Kristen Thompson have great posts on this on their blog. <div><br></div><div>I don't believe this. As far as I have heard and understand, a frame grab is treated like the quotation of a sentence from a larger written text. </div><div><br></div><div>m<br><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; "><hr tabindex="-1"><div id="divRpF93780" style="direction: ltr; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[owner-KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] on behalf of Mark Roberts [mroberts37@mail-central.com]<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sunday, February 12, 2012 9:19 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Question on Fair Use of Film Stills<br></font><br></div><div></div><div>Dear Colleagues,<div><br></div><div>This has doubtless come up before but I'm not finding it in my archive of KineJapan.</div><div><br></div><div>Question: what is the law on fair use of film stills in academic publications in Japan? I.e., non-profit, for academic use only.</div><div><br></div><div>I am now hearing that in lieu of written permission from a rights-holder, the only form of publication that is considered acceptable is a thumbnail image, approximately 1/3 of the printed column width. Does this sound correct?</div><div><br></div><div>Would anybody by chance have a reference to the law on this?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance,</div><div><br></div><div>Mark Roberts</div><div><div>Research Fellow, University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy<br><a href="http://utcp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/blog/mark_roberts/index_en.php" target="_blank">http://utcp.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/blog/mark_roberts/index_en.php</a></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>