Exercise 1: Walking Through the Six-Step Framework With a Real Scenario — Possible Solution
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THE SCENARIO
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A blogger wants to embed a screenshot of a well-known, currently-in-
theaters film's poster artwork at the top of their own written movie
review.

APPLYING THE FRAMEWORK STEP BY STEP
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Step 1 (protected?) - per copyright1-1/copyright1-2, movie poster
artwork is original visual expression, recently created, and clearly
still within its copyright term - it is protected.

Step 2 (which right?) - per copyright1-3, embedding the poster image
on the blog implicates the reproduction and public display rights.

Step 3 (existing permission?) - no license or explicit permission has
been obtained from the studio or artist.

Step 4 (fair use?) - per copyright1-4/copyright1-5, this needs the
real four-factor analysis: Factor 1 likely favors fair use somewhat
(illustrating a genuine review, a different purpose than the poster's
own marketing purpose, though using the whole poster unmodified is a
weaker transformative argument than, say, a parody); Factor 2 weighs
against fair use (highly creative promotional art); Factor 3 weighs
somewhat against it if the entire poster is reproduced rather than a
cropped or reduced excerpt; Factor 4 is a genuine risk, since a poster
image used prominently could be seen as substituting for the studio's
own licensed use of that same image.

Step 5 (other legal considerations?) - per copyright1-9, this
specific scenario doesn't obviously implicate scraping/ToS/access-
control concerns, since the blogger presumably obtained the image
directly rather than through automated collection - this step doesn't
add meaningful additional risk here.

Step 6 (real-world risk?) - per copyright1-7, even with a genuinely
plausible fair use argument, studios are known to send takedown
notices for exactly this kind of unauthorized poster reuse, and
disputing one carries real cost regardless of the underlying merits.

WHICH STEP WOULD STOP ME
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Step 4 is where I'd pause - the four-factor balance here is genuinely
mixed rather than clearly favorable, with real risk on Factors 2-4. I
would not proceed with the full, unmodified poster image without
further consideration - instead I'd look for a genuinely public-domain
or licensed promotional still, use a smaller/cropped excerpt more
clearly tied to specific commentary, or simply describe the poster in
text rather than reproducing it.

WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER
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It applies all six of the chapter's own framework steps in order to a
concrete, realistic scenario, reasons through the four-factor test
honestly rather than assuming an outcome, and identifies the specific
step and specific factors that create genuine uncertainty rather than
declaring a confident final verdict the framework itself says isn't
guaranteed.