Video copyrights and GIFs. If i take some cells from a movie & make a GIF, how much can i show & remain legal?

Question by someasshat: Video copyrights and GIFs. If i take some cells from a movie & make a GIF, how much can i show & remain legal?
I have heard some on some TV shows, they can sometimes only show about 3 seconds of a movie to avoid copyright infringement. I want to make GIFs from movies (like a looping slow-mo punch to the face). They usually only last a few seconds, and considering its only using a few cells from the movie, its not even close to 3 seconds of ‘real time’ video. I am only using this for forum avatars and personal use, no money exchanges at all, only for fun, but posted various places on the internet. You think I can do this without any harrassment? Would that be considered ‘fair use’?

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Answer by tropicalskittles
I have never seen anyone get in trouble for using screenshots from a TV show/movie. As long as you aren’t making profit using the images you’ll be fine.

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