Copyright - Need to play news footage or show screenshots of websites in sales video

mpbiz

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I'm creating a sales video right now and would like to include some news footage. However, after searching it looks like you need to pay to use/license this footage and I haven't been able to find what I need anyways. Also, due to the nature of my video they probably would not approve a special written request.

So the next best option is to take pictures of the video being played on youtube, or just finding an article and taking a screenshot of the article and using that.

I have competitors who have shown screenshots of sites in their videos and some even have short disclaimers at the bottom of the page but most of them don't.

Anyone have a poor man's way of doing any of this legally without getting hammered with DMCA's?