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.
Anthony