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Re: Fair use and allusion?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:47:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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Farenheit 451 is a copyrighted work, to be sure, but it seems to me that the
laws protecting satire & parody should easily trump Bradbury’s objection to
Moore’s allusive use of the title.
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Perhaps if MM was addressing Bradbury’s work, which I believe isn’t the case.
Basically, MM merely ripped off the title for punch/pun effect, and so is
profitting at the expense of Bradbury’s IP.
As an aside, are you asserting that Farenheit 9-11 is a satire and parody and
shouldn’t be taken seriously?
JOHN
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Well, news programs constantly use punch/pun titles, and no one complains about it (except when the torrent of stupid puns overwhelms the discourse (such as when Trent Lott pined for the days of segregation: "Lott of Trouble," "Lott of (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I read an article (might have been by Roger Ebert) that suggested that this time, Moore used real facts. I wonder if he caught too much heat over Bowling for Columbine for which he seems to have made a bunch of stuff up. Chris (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Fair use and allusion?
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| Ray Bradbury is fired up about (URL) title of Michael Moore's forthcoming film.> Regardless of your opinion of Moore or of Bradbury, it seems to me that this complaint is largely based on nothing. Bradbury's (URL) 451> is a copyrighted work, to be (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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