Paul wrote: >Kitka wrote: >> Thanks Paul, I agree with you too. In the media world, there IS such<BR> >> a thing as a "cease and desist". I was talking with someone from the<BR> >> CBC the other day (more about this subject at a later date) and he<BR> >> told me about how someone was compiling a Top 100 songs list for a<BR> >> major network.... he said that they got a cease and desist order from<BR> >> Leonard Cohen (or some boring musician like that) and they couldn't<BR> >> use him in the FLATTERING Top 100 show they were making.<BR> ><BR> >Makes perfect sense to me. If Leonard Cohen wants to control how his <BR> >work is used, he should have that choice. Whether the show was <BR> >flattering or critical doesn't matter. Others may see this differently, ><BR> >but it's ultimately about artists being able to control how their work ><BR> >is used.<BR>
I'm not sure it works that way in the case of the show in question. A certain amount of fair use is allowed in these areas. For example, it's my understanding that a person could write a book dissecting the lyrics of Leonard Cohen without ol' Lenny being able to stand in the way. The question of derivative work and fair use, as I understand it, is that if the derivative work is *about* the original, rather than a *restatement* of the original, then it's allowed. Whether a "top 100" list is "about" could be in question though. -- Rhett. --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using Endymion MailMan. http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
