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RE: [dvd-discuss] Music (Was Re: Public Domain Enhancement Bill)
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- Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss] Music (Was Re: Public Domain Enhancement Bill)
- From: "Steve Hosgood" <steve(at)caederus.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:03:17 +0100
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Richard Hartman wrote:
> [ ...] it
> is up to the courts to determine what constitutes
> "fair use". in the case of music, a recognizable
> -- or more importantly, characteristic -- phrase
> may not be "fair use" ... but a longer, though
> less recognizable, phrase might be defensible.
>
OK.
I based my original post on the recurring rumour that you could (allegedly)
copyright a three-note sequence. Or was it four? No matter. From Richard's
comment above it would seem to be more complex than that.
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