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If I were to take the first word from a thousand books and use it to write my own would I be guilty of copyright violations?
by forgotusername6 4y ago
If I were to take the first word from a thousand books and use it to write my own would I be guilty of copyright violations?
- yazaddaruvala 4y agoWords have a special carve out in copyright law / precedent. So much so that a whole other category of Intellectual Property exists called Trademarks to protect special words. But back to your point “if you were to take the first sentence from a thousand books and use it in your own book”, then yes based on my understanding (I am not a lawyer) of copyright you would be in violation of IP laws.
- basch 4y agoI doubt it would be a violation. Specifically fair use #3 "the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole." A sentence being a copyright violation would make every book review in the world illegal.