On 5/24/07, Angela Anuszewski angela.anuszewski@gmail.com wrote:
That's a good point. Print encyclopedias might not contain spoiler warnings, but how many of them contain plot details or even plot
summaries?
Would it even be legal for Brittanica to include as many details as Wikipedia when it comes to plots of copyrighted works? I doubt it.
That's an interesting pint, has anyone ever tried to bring a legal challenge over that? How detailed a summary can still be considered fair use?
The Seinfeld Aptitude Test, which presented trivia questions and answers about the Seinfeld television series, lost a fair use argument in federal court (see Castle Rock Entertainment vs. Carol Publishing Group).
How detailed is too detailed in the context of an encyclopedia? Like all other fair use questions only 9 people can say for sure.
Anthony