Copyright infringement is not a new idea for in every film, you are presented that same FBI warning on copyright laws. It didn't surprise me that the copyright laws had many restrictions but what astounded me were the individual loopholes within those laws. In certain chapters of the copyright laws, there were specific exceptions to these laws.
In one part of the copyright laws, it states that filmmakers are granted the ability to "employ copyrighted material as the object of social, political or cultural critique". This means that they can quote certain sciences or political actions without the need for citation as long as it doesn't overuse the material. When we watched that Britney Spears tribute, "A Piece of Me", the composers were obviously granted the right to reuse documentary footage and tabloid photographs in order to show the dark side of the paparazzi (Everyone knows the great agony that the paparazzi are capable of inflicting [see Princess Diana]). Due to the wide distribution of these tabloids and scandalous clips on the internet (like Youtube), the artist was able to avoid copyright infringement.Another factor I found interesting was the law stating that filmmakers could use "copyrighted material in a historical sequence". I believe that this abides to historical films like the Civil War film, Gods and Generals. There are more loopholes within these laws than anyone could imagine but there must be limits placed on these exceptions as people may exploit them for their own personal gain.
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