Re: song lyrics, quotations and artOkay, okay. I said it was "just a thought." The *important* part of my post was the rest:
"Needless to say, the end user in the art world is often left wondering how to actually apply things like Fair Use provisions. So they lurk on copyright listservs, and occasionally try to provoke a conversation about things like "is a thumbnail image of a larger work a "quotation"? and "if I use software from www.ldraw.org to create a drawing of a LEGO (R) block sculpture, can I reproduce it in a book without infringing someone's copyright or trademark?"
I was actually trying to provoke a conversation on these topics! Any thoughts the great minds on this list might have about these issues would be greatly appreciated.
Amalyah Keshet
Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The problem with a 10% rule exists for writing too. How much of War and Peace is 10%? It could be a number of words but again, it could be one sentence that says it all. Can you take, for example, "It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." and claim that it was only a minor part of A Tale of Two Cities? One paragraph may be the key to an entire novel.
And aside from Thomas Kincaid, there are other kinds of art industries -- postcards, greeting cards etc. Go to the Licensing Show in NY and there are huge exhibits of people who only represent art and artists. Some of it's fine art; some isn't but it's definitely an industry -- Thomas Kincaid and Wyland aside.
Carol Busby
-- Carol A. Busby Attorney at Law 141 W. 39th Avenue Eugene, OR 97405 541-484-6860; fax: 541-338-7155 carol[_at_]drogon.comReceived on Tue Feb 21 2006 - 04:15:47 GMT
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