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So let’s say I don’t copy 100%... but I asymptotically approach it. At what decimal do I infringe, or as long as I never reach unity am I cool?

• cJ0th 9y ago
  Judges are humans not computers. The downside is, some sentences are incredibly unfair. The upside is, it works pretty well most of the time. Just look at the Fair Use doctrine. It seems to work reasonably well for literature. Why can't it apply to music? In particular this: > The third factor assesses the amount and substantiality of the copyrighted work that has been used. In general, the less that is used in relation to the whole, the more likely the use will be considered fair. If a song has 500 words then wouldn't you say copying 20 is fair? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
  • hashkb 9y ago
    Depends which 20. "I knew she was gonna meet her connection" maybe... "you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need" def not ok.
    • cJ0th 9y ago
      And why is it no okay? (Apart from that it is 21 words not 20 but I did not mean to imply it has to be exactly 20. There is room for human common sense and yes, it is not perfect and sometimes unjust.)