body: Sites like IMDB as well as Rotten Tomatoes and countless other websites or mobile applications (such as flixter, etc.) all use movie posters and images from movies as part of their content which is more or less the selling point of their business *(or maybe more accurately how they convince users to keep using).* How do companies get away with using images or movie posters for free, does that mean movie posters and content are fair use for commerical use?
  
  
  
title: How do websites (or apps) that use pictures or posters of movies not infringe on rights and still make a profit?