Screenshots, legal/illegal?

[James Knott]

Fraser Campbell wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm considering setting up a website that will (hopefully) have a lot of 
> screenshots from popular programs such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla, kmail, 
> etc.
> 
> I've done similar things for clients on a small scale but I'm wondering before 
> bothering with this idea if there might be anything illegal about putting up 
> screenshots of commercial programs (my only real worry would be with 
> Microsoft Outlook).
> 

I'm no expert, but I think such a thing would be considered "fair use", 
with proper attribution etc.


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