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Originally Posted by Far-L
For the record...
The Grimms were folklorists and linguists that collected stories for academic purposes, so there are multiple versions of "Snow White", "Cinderella" etc. and in fact there are versions with evil mom instead of evil stepmother and they were and still are criticized for being not "child" appropriate. Disney was able to revise the stories because the source material was folk tales that were not copywritten.
There are plenty of examples of music drawn from folk material in the same way and musicians are able to copyright their arrangements and recorded versions but not the original lyrics and tune.
I think the problem with RK is that they didn't get mechanical licensing to use the music in the manner that they did.
And for the record... just because GG is providing legal counterpoint in support of a potential defense of RK doesn't have to piss anyone off. Healthy debate is good for really understanding the issues involved, imo.
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debate usually consist of people discussing topics and sometimes changing their views or acknowledging they are wrong. How do you debate with someone who knows everything and is never wrong?
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Gideongallery is a form of amusement on here. You may have noticed that no matter what is being stolen...he is in favor of it everytime. Even on this subject, where he could have just simply said: "Yeah, they were wrong to do that"
He couldn't. The thief in his personal character just doesn't allow him to.
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Wouldn't it be funny if someone robbed his house and the police showed up and said " looks like a clear case of fair use to me". It looks like they "time stamped" his TV right out the front door. They didn't take all of his cash, just a "sample" out of his wallet.
LOL if he even has anything of value, his type usually more of the "everything in the world should be free because that is the only way I can get it" type.