On 5/24/07, Angela Anuszewski <angela.anuszewski(a)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