Student Project — Footage/Photo Rights

[The Legendary Ring Troll {BLM}]

Hello there! It’s student project time again and I was hoping for some help from those more knowledgeable than me.

This is a continuation of my last request (which was for people who used Cagematch.net and would answer some questions).

This time, I am in the final stages of my final project, a mobile UI/UX improvement for Cagematch.net. The prototype is done. Now I have to do a pitch video.

However, for both the design improvement and the pitch video, I find myself in need of wrestling photos and video, and those are probably covered in copyrights.

So my question: where can I find free to use photos/footage of wrestling? Or, if any of the local lawyers know, what are the copyright restrictions here? It’s just a student project, nothing monetary, but is likely a portfolio piece.

[Gunhaver]

I did a UX/UI assignment last year. My professor pointed us to Pexels (https://www.pexels.com/search/pro%20wrestling/). There's also the Creative Commons database, Unsplash, Pixabay, and a few other big resources for photos you can use for free, though some require specific citations. That should help you if you just need photos of pro wrestling but not specific matches and performers. Not so sure about the video portion, though.

[Bo Rida]

I have fairly decent first row phone clip of Miyu Yamashita vs Rhio I could send you?

Probably breaking some copyright but EVE say share it because they have no marketing budget, they can't afford to sue anyway.

Also some other janky phone footage and blurry distant photos. But if you're desperate for a Will Ospreay clip partially obscured by a support pole I'm your guy.
Actually here you go, probably the best I have.

[Hernan]

I know Cagematch got in trouble in late 2016 after an old lady threatened them after using photos she have taken without their permission. This was way before my time I joined, I learned about it after scrolling through old emails sent to their main address.

WrestlingData, on the other hand, they credit photographers if I'm not mistaken. Like Cagematch, they're German based so no idea how legal this is.

[thegame415]

Most school projects on this board involve pictures of women's wrestlers feet or other wrestlers getting pied in the face.