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Three questions that expose my opinion on the matter: If it can only output an amount of text that would be considered an acceptable quote in an essay, is it s
by ksaj 3y ago
Three questions that expose my opinion on the matter:
If it can only output an amount of text that would be considered an acceptable quote in an essay, is it still infringing on copyright?
If you quote your favourite line in a song, have you broken copyright?
If you write a song that ends with a silent pause followed by the word "tonight" have you broken copyright, even if that pause was the result of probabilities in the song style and word choice? There are a bizarre number of songs that end with a pause before the word "tonight." A lot of them. Should any one of those writers call foul on your song that also does it?
- galaxyLogic 3y agoThere is the doctrine of "fair use" which basically says small amounts of copying are ok when you use them to explain something about the work in question. What is fair use is up to the courts. In a song if you copy part of the melody that really is the main thing and that really helps you sell your song, I don't think that's fair. Songs can not "explain" other melodies. So musical composition is a little different from text.