RE: The origin of the "7 second rule"

I think the food rule is five seconds.  If you are waiting seven, you are living dangerously.

Mary LaFrance

Associate Dean for Inane Affairs

William S. Boyd School of Law, UNLV

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I thought that was the amount of time that a piece of food could sit on
the floor before becoming inedible. ;)

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Subject: The origin of the "7 second rule"

Does anybody know where the story of the "7 second rule" (about how a
song can copy 7 second from another song without it being infringement)
came about?  I heard it again this morning on the radio on the way in to
work, from a guy who runs a local theatre which attracts some fairly big
musical acts.

Kevin Grierson

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