On 01/23/2014 04:57 AM, John Serafino wrote: > I'd like to nitpick your assertion that the track not using the > recorded vocals makes a difference. The melodies are also copyrighted. > > I think any reasonable judge/jury would call fair use in this > situation. IMO though, a top dollar lawyer's whole life is persuading > the judge/jury to interpret the law their way. This means that you > need to have a sufficiently untouchable case in your favor or not give > the companies any incentive to attack. > > And just to clarify something, number 4 is about the economical effect > of the market. Think laws of supply and demand. If you give away a > better version of the original for free, the market for the original > dwindles. This isn't what's happening here, but that sort of thing is > what that fourth point is for. >
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