[mythtv-users] Zap2it Labs Shutting Down?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

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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