The War On Copyright Thieves Kicks it up a notch...Bam

[pornlaw]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

One of the few, actual decisions on point:

Fair use. A television film crew, covering an Italian festival in Manhattan, recorded a band playing a portion of a copyrighted song "Dove sta Zaza." The music was replayed during a news broadcast. Important factors: Only a portion of the song was used, it was incidental to the news event and did not result in any actual damage to the composer or to the market for the work. ( Italian Book Corp, v. American Broadcasting Co., 458 F. Supp. 65 (S.D. N.Y. 1978).)

That was for a news broadcast. News gets a lot more fair use protection then is afforded commercial speech.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by pornlaw

That was for a news broadcast. News gets a lot more fair use protection then is afforded commercial speech.

Yep...and I would think, it being in a public space, also had some bearing on that?

[softball]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

Yep...and I would think, it being in a public space, also had some bearing on that?

Pornlaw is right on this one. Their are a lot of exceptions for journalists. In fact they hold a special place in your constitution. Perhaps you should lobby for a 28th amendment to protect the rights of pornographers.

[rycpitbull]

Originally Posted by pornlaw

That was for a news broadcast. News gets a lot more fair use protection then is afforded commercial speech.

Hey Michael Yeah.. last night I was watching Independance Day for perhaps the 5th time. I noticed, towards the end, Will Smith's kid had a backwards baseball cap on and huged him. They blurred out the logo of the team.