> So your point is that a screenshot (one frame) of a movie that is copyright protected would be equivalent to reproducing the movie...?
No, my point is that "personal use" is not an exception to copyright law. Where did you read something about equating screenshots of movies with full movies?
You are not allowed to copy entire movies and claim it's legal because it's only for "personal use".
Screenshots are sometimes legal under fair use, mostly as long as you are making a parody or commentary.
Screenshots of movies are sometimes illegal. If you somehow had access to the next Avengers movie, and you leaked a screenshot by posting it to reddit, you might well get sued under copyright law.
Copying images from a web site falls into the same restrictions. It is not automatically legal to reproduce images from a website without permission, even for personal use.
>But if you are making a copy so that you may use a copyrighted product in case the original is stolen, damaged or destroyed, your conduct may fall within the doctrine of fair use
That to me sounds like you can print something since web content can disappear at any moment.
You can try to justify it that way, but if you print it and then hang it on your wall, or in your office, to enjoy it as art, like @estsauver wants to do, then you might no longer be in the realm of fair use, you might even be squarely in copyright violation territory.
No, my point is that "personal use" is not an exception to copyright law. Where did you read something about equating screenshots of movies with full movies?
You are not allowed to copy entire movies and claim it's legal because it's only for "personal use".
Screenshots are sometimes legal under fair use, mostly as long as you are making a parody or commentary.
Screenshots of movies are sometimes illegal. If you somehow had access to the next Avengers movie, and you leaked a screenshot by posting it to reddit, you might well get sued under copyright law.
Copying images from a web site falls into the same restrictions. It is not automatically legal to reproduce images from a website without permission, even for personal use.