On 8/13/06, jayjg jayjg99@gmail.com wrote:
The accuracy of a quote in a book can easily be verified by going to a library and looking it up; often the quotes can even be found online. How does one verify the accuracy of a screencap?
Presumably by obtaining the movie in VHS or DVD form. Many libraries have collections of movies for loan, and there are commercial providers as well (cf Blockbuster, etc)
Once there, one can look for the scene.
A corollary of this is that screencaps of movies or TV programs not available in purchaseable/rentable/loanable form should not be used as source material, since they are effectively unverifiable.
-Matt