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From: vidynath@function.mps.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao)
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Subject: Re: Upload of WenWeMakeLuv on...ucsd.edu
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In <2055@beguine.UUCP>, Viet.Ho@samba.acs.unc.edu (Viet Ho) writes:
>This brings up a question about copyrights however.   What's
>the difference between sampling a piece of music and say, scanning
>in images from say, a poster, book, or an animation from
>"Who Framed Roger Rabbit"??

In article <2444@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>
	lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) writes:
>The main difference is in how actively the copyright owners protect their
>rights. The music industry is near fanatical in this regard.

As well as what portion is reproduced, with what intent and with what effect
on the income of the copyright holder. You can probably get away with 
sampling just 5 seconds of a 6 minute song. You certainly can if the sample
is part of a review or course notes. You can sample a minute of Roger
Rabbit, but certainly not the whole movie or even 10 minutes of it. You 
certainly cannot scan a poster that is being sold. Finally you can scan a
whole advertisement and if the advertiser wants you to pay for it, he will
be laughed out of the court. 
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