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Thread #131642   Message #2972694
Posted By: autoharpbob
25-Aug-10 - 02:25 PM
Thread Name: I have a question! (Copyright and permission)
Subject: RE: I have a question! (Copyright and permission)
Peasant is incorrect - "substantial" is not the same as "significant". If all that was copied was one line, but that line was recognisable and important, infringement would have occurred. Like, imagine Hamlet's soliloquoy was still copyright. If you copied just "To be or not to be" - just six words - that would be argued as being of sufficient importance to constitute a breach.