But that is exactly how copyright law works. If you copy the first 10000 bytes of a steven king book and compress it with zip and distribute it, there is a good

But that is exactly how copyright law works. If you copy the first 10000 bytes of a steven king book and compress it with zip and distribute it, there is a good chance you would lose the lawsuit if sued. If on the other hand you copy the first, middle, and last byte of a Steven King book and share those three bytes with someone you would win a copyright lawsuit, because those three bytes are not unique enough to be copyrighted.