Is taking a clip from a DVD or video illegal?

Primex

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I'm just curious because I always see clips of movies and tv shows on all kinds of different sites (like Myspace for instance), but i never knew if they were legal or not. I've always wanted to do this myself, but I'm not sure of the complications that come along with it.
 
I took a video of DOOM playing on my laptop to host and show a few friends how my laptop looks and all. Decided not to host it, since I recorded a video and I would be publicizing it. Recorded playing a game instead, pretty sure that's legal.
 
Oh ok, would avatar's that use images from movies or gif files that have animation from movies also be considered illegal too?
 
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