Glen Davidson
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Cross-posts, originally from Talkorigins:
| Quote | Here's a case revealing what a lawyer advised one movie producer:
| Quote | Stay Free!: There's a scene where a woman's cell phone rings and she
has the "Rocky" theme ring tone. I noticed that you even cleared that!
I would have thought that could be an example of fair use.
Sewell: I thought so too. It's only six seconds! But our lawyer said
we needed to clear it. So I called Sprint, which owns the ring tone
master rights, and they gave it to me for free because they saw it as
product placement. But then I called EMI, which owns the publishing
rights and they asked for $10,000. I said no way--even the classics
weren't getting that much. Luckily, we were able to get it for less.
Stay Free!: How much did it cost for the average song?
Sewell: It depends on how many entities are attached to it. Our
typical total cost for a classic was about $15,000-20,000, split
between publisher and master rights. With the Rocky theme, the
publishers didn't want to overexpose the song. That was the issue with
Ray Charles' "Hit the Road Jack" as well.
http://blog.stayfreemagazine.org/2005/06/mad_hot_ballroo.html
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Supposing this lawyer advised correctly, the only other defense that I
could think "Expelled" might have is that this is criticism or parody
of the work "Imagine". Yet I can't see how either of those would fly,
for there is no actual parody (only an attempted contrast between what
Lennon imagined, and what they portray as the reality of irreligion),
nor is it a criticism of the work itself. It criticizes the ideas of
Lennon, but it is not the ideas that are copyrighted, only the form in
which those ideas is presented is copyrighted.
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It criticizes the ideas of Lennon, but it is not the ideas that are copyrighted, only the form in which those ideas are presented is copyrighted. |
I'd like to add to those comments of mine by saying that only in vaguest sense are they even criticizing Lennon's ideas. Essentially they're just generally disagreeing with his general disparagement of religion, not at all making a direct criticism of even the words he used to formulate those ideas. |
Glen D
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