Is it legal to include a DVD cover image in a summary/review of a movie or TV show on a website? The website does make money from advertising on these pages. Thanks
If your using the image as part of a review, I think it would come under the fair use rules. Then again, I'm not a lawyer.
I don't think is legal to use only materials (content,cover) from DVD for commercial porpose without the acord of the producer because the cover is a part of the DVD. But you can use cover or part of dvd content as a fair use concept, but exists only in United States law. Fair use law permits the use of copyrighted works in other works without the permission of the original copyright holder under narrow circumstances. For example, parody of musical works (such as done by "Weird Al" Yankovic), and the use of copyrighted works in secondary works that conduct critical commentary on the original(review). Fair use law is deliberately vague. Cases over history have given guidance on what may or may not constitute fair use. However, there is no 'bright line' test wherein one can definitively state something is fair use. Analysis is done on a case by case basis.