Hi everybody, This is a question that also I've been pondering at the moment. I'm analyzing the content of some celebrity gossip sites and showing a print screen of the site's layout to my readers would be significant. But the problem is that those sites are typically overloaded with celebrity images, which makes the copyright issue a tough question (By no means, I'm going to ask separately the permission of every single photographer or media corporation behind those pictures). On the one hand, I would say that if you can justify using print screen pictures as a part of your analysis, the use falls into the category of fair use (although most of websites deny any use of content for any other reasons than merely personal and informational ones). The another problem I have faced is that academic journals have commercial interests as well (nowadays more and more), so it's not so simple. I would say that the use of print screen pictures would fall into "fair use" easier when it concerns thesis papers, not articles meant for academic journals. And if my thesis paper would not be published online, I would not hesitate using a print screen picture if I am able to justify the use. Anyway, I think it's a shame that some copyright issues try to hinder effective academic critique, or at least, make it very complicated. Maria