The general rule is that you MUST have permission to use copyrighted material. However, there are FAIR USE exceptions, one of them is "news" or "criticism"
If you are critiqueing the material and the nature of the critique is NON commercial, you should be okay.
Here's a link:
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107
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Originally posted by Marcus
What if the pictures aren't for profit, but youre doing commentary on 10 people and want to put their pics next to the commentary...is that ok?
I know 10 un-licensed pics on a site is a serious offense, but does that still apply if youre just doing editorials on the people?
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