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Originally Posted by travfar
But it has been determined.
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I think most of the conclusions you state are either unsupported or misapplied.
There is no fair use law, there is only ever-evolving fair use doctrine.
The profit element is very important to recovering monetary damages, but it's not necessary for copyright protection under the law.
Plus, it is arguable at best if being saved the cost of buying a second copy, or the ad revenue generated by posting a tribute film doesn't amount to 'profiting.'
The tribute films are generally issues of trademark, not copyright (unless you're talking about using footage from the actual original movies, in which case, those get taken down for reported copyright violation all the time), and just because a trademark or copyright holder CHOOSES not to take action, it doesn't prove they can't.
Lastly, just from skimming, it doesn't appear that any of those items you linked state or even clearly imply a blanket "it's ok if it's for personal use" exemption, just some specific personal uses of some technologies. But maybe you can point me to something I skimmed over.
That's how I see it, anyway.