Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What's fair use? See http://tinyurl.com/bayasw or http://tinyurl.com/b8wmf4 or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_Irae (scroll down to musical settings) More at http://tinyurl.com/c2pzv4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice http://tinyurl.com/cym3bb etc. The question that remains to be solved is : can creativity be stopped by ... is it big bucks? I certainly would miss my Berlioz Fantastic Symphony, my Shylock, and a covered entrance to the Louvre. :-[ Best regards Phx Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > These are the specific sections of the copyright rules that I was > concerned about. (appended from Slobodan's information) > > Under the fair use doctrine of the U.S. copyright statute, it is > permissible to use limited portions of a work including quotes, for > purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly > reports. COMMENT: Fairy's work does not fit any of these > categories. The painting he created was sold and used for posters and > the cover of magazines. > > Only the owner of copyright in a work has the right to prepare, or to > authorize someone else to create, a new version of that work. > Accordingly, you cannot claim copyright to another's work, no matter > how much you change it, unless you have the owner's consent. > COMMENT: Apparently AP did not give consent. i.e. the lawsuit. > > This might be an interesting case, relevant to both artists and > photographers. > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > NO ARCHIVE