[WikiEN-l] Exposure of magic on Wikipedia

[Anthony]

On 1/15/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at 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.

Anthony