--- Kris Weinschenker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> There is NO WAY GMT can claim "exclusive rights" to
> the phrasing of
> the cards (like "Glory Hallejullah").
>
I'm no lawyer, but a librarian. As such we deal with
copyright and reproduction a fair bit.
I think they can claim copyright on reproduction of
the entire work. So certainly not a phrase in common
use, but taken as a whole, they probably could.
Generally you can reproduce 10% or a chapter as fair
dealing, but after that it constitutes a breach of
copyright.
If you re-phrased the text that would be OK, you can't
copyright ideas.
> And I doubt they even obtained permission for the
> pictures on them (
> I don't see any on the cards).
After 70 years the work enters the public domain, so
they wouldn't need to (and neither would you). Of
course the number of years keeps increasing as Mickey
Mouse get older.
>
> Sounds like you got sold a pig in a poke.
> Consdierering the criminal
> record of GMT's owner, I'm not surprised.
>
I don't think this is called for..
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