“It’s an open secret that musicians will sometimes borrow portions of music or lyrics from prior works. But how much borrowing is too much? One would think that this is the province of fair use, but it turns out not to be the case – at least not in those cases that reach a decision. Edward Lee (Chicago-Kent) has gathered up the music infringement cases and shown that fair use (other than parody) is almost never a defense – not just that defendants lose, but that they don’t even raise it most of the time …” (more)
[Michael Risch, Written Description, 18 September]
First posted 2018-09-19 06:18:47
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