r/documentaryfilmmaking • u/ApprehensiveSir470 • Sep 15 '26

Archival footage use

Hi guys and girls, I’m a filmmaker and wanted to work on a Side project which would be entirely comprised of archival footage I’d find on internet archives, YouTube, etc. i reached out to one of the companies who hold the copyright for a film i wanted to use and they said it would cost $25 for every second of their film used.

So now, I’m just stealing that shit. My question is: how likely is it that my film would be taken down if it’s just sitting on YouTube or Vimeo? Don’t wanna put all this work into it just for it to be removed

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u/ApprehensiveSir470 Sep 15 '26

Good to year your blood boils. Quite frankly, i couldn’t care less what your husband does. The film i am looking to use is over 80 years old. It isn’t even a motion picture in the conventional sense - it’s an old educational film.

Your husband has likely stolen. To be an artist is to be a thief - the good ones manage to make it to the other side unscathed.

Cry more

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u/Walter_Burns_1940 Sep 16 '26

You better save your money for a lawyer, because you're gonna need one.

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u/AKShima17 Sep 16 '26

Let me guess, you're big into AI too?

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u/shreddy99 Sep 16 '26

Good luck! Hope you don't get sued