On 1/15/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm
<macgyvermagic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Excessively long plot summaries of films and books
can constitute a
copyright violation because while they're not an exact copy, they damage
intellectual rights of the copyrighted material.
In the US, plot summaries of films and books can constitute a
copyright violation because a plot is a copyrightable work. Copyright
covers copying, not just making exact copies. Most plot summaries are
fair use. Some aren't.
Agreed. The distinction is a point of fact that is never very clear on
the face of it. I suppose if you go too far it could be considered a
derivative work, but it would be very difficult to determine how far is
too far.
Ec