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edhesketh | 21:01 Wed 31st Dec 2003 | Film, Media & TV
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Does the distribution of movie trailers across file sharing networks violate any copyright laws?
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Yes. They're copyrighted material just as much as the films themselves.
I am not sure that is true given the interpretation of the fair use laws (see http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/c
opypol2.htm
) I would think trailers would be less that 10% of the total film and in addition there are inherently a production that the distributer would want to be viewed by as many people as possible.
They may be less than 10% of the whole film, but then again the trailer is a work *in itself*, so if you're distributing 100% of the trailer then you're distributing 100% of a copyright work. It's still illegal.

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