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From: robinson@renoir.Berkeley.EDU (Michael Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Coprighted Art
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Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 22:47:26 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 22:47:26 1987
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Keywords: Copyright Infringement

In article <2033@tekigm2.TEK.COM> jacc@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Jonathan A. Colby) writes:
>Sorry folks, visual works of art are copyrighted just like
>written ones.  Changing the medium or size makes no difference.
>And believe me, visual artists are no happier about people
>ripping off their creative work than, say, software developers?

The copyright on "Red's Dream" gives Pixar the right to prevent unauthorized
copying.  However Leo's Creation (does it have a title?) is not a copy of
"Red's Dream."  It is an original work.  According to Leo's account, he was
working entirely from memory, and had not intended to duplicate the movie
when he saw the pre-screening.  Copyrights do not grant ownership of such
broad concepts as juggling unicycles in a circus ring.

>Disclaimer - I am not a lawyer, and Tektronix doesn't ...

Neither am I, which is why I recommended to Leo that he talk to one.

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