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Originally Posted by tomwed
I forgot Tarrentino was being sued for theft. I'm always surprised when someone that is as wealthy as Tarrentino steels. I know, I'm being naive.
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I doubt seriously if they have any kind of case. I only have a course in Copyright Law at the University of Minnesota Law School but doubt if the black letter law in that area has changed all that much. And I probably took this around 1988 or 1989. I did graduate in the Summer of 1989 but wanted to be a Law Librarian and not a Lawyer. We as Law Librarians are not allowed to give legal advice just point people in the right direction so that they can find things on their own.
We also were taught a little bit about Copyright while I was getting a MA in Librarianship and Information Management at the University of Denver in 1983-1984.
Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/copyright
The Non-infringability of Plot and/or Ideas | Justine Larbalestier
As a aside my 224 613 Project-- which I have been working on in some way since January 1991-- involves communicating with a lot of libraries and police departments so I do respect the work that various law enforcement agencies do. This is work trying to give victims/survivors of crimes a better chance in getting through the legal system with their heads held high. I have mentioned the genesis of this project quite often on TOTV to the point of boring some people with it.