The context matters here. If it was displayed very publicly and was incidental to the scene I don't see a claim here. If, however, it was a focal...

As noted, this is a problem across the board regards to copyright, trademark, publicity rights and perhaps other claims. Before you commit to...

Well, I guess there is a life lesson here somewhere right? How will he be able to send this to contacts? How would he have access to that?...

First Sale Doctrine covers for the resale of things protected by copyright, not trademark. In this context you need to be certain that whatever you...

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As noted, using 90 seconds of a famous song is very risky. I would avoid that so not to cause an unexpected problem.

Bob didn't really have to remove the logo if it was merely incidental to the photo. It is usually a good idea to not wear conspicuous branding on...

Context matters. There could be publicity and privacy rights as well as copyright issues involved here. Before you commit to anything, I...

It sounds like you're messing with the mouse. Don't mess with the mouse. I'm being cheeky, but look, the context matters. Let's say you are...

The context matters. So for example, it is lawful to create say a triva game that uses cards and on those cards discusses facts about famous...

If this is purely for your own personal use and not connected to any commercial activity at all, you have little to worry about. And even if it...