[mythtv-users] Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Wed Jun 20 20:19:18 UTC 2007
On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 01:17:46PM -0700, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
> > For it to be *true*, though, they'd have to be original, and not
> > derivative of the work of the program producers.
[ ... ]
> > No; those blurbs are almost certainly written by interns at either the
> > production company or the network. Generally.
>
> No, they generally get a paragraph and re-write it down to two lines.
> Not always easy. They have a whole team of people who do it and they
> have to pay them.
Yup. But as I noted, that makes their work derivative of the copyright
of the original writer's employer.
And see also "de minimis".
Cheers,
-- jra
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