In , Audi ran a commercial promoting its new TT Coupe. The commercial depicted the car in a garden, with this voiceover:. I think I just had a wake-up call, and it was disguised as a car, and it was screaming at me not to get too comfortable and fall asleep and miss my life. The artist sued for copyright infringement. Does copyright law really protect short phrases? Can you really get sued for using a few words that appeared somewhere else? Still, rarely should borrowing a couplet from a long poem or song for noncompetitive purposes, or non-essential words from a book-length work, be deemed infringing.
The Internet seems to hold the opposite promise; and indeed the free presence of a work on the Internet may mean that the author intends others to disseminate the work. So, unless you have proof to the contrary, in your professional writing activity analyze the fair use of works found on the Internet as you would other works. So how do you know if your proposed use is fair? By hiring a copyright lawyer, of course! For further information on fair use issues, please contact the author Howard G.
Firm News. Print PDF. It also depends on how much is copied: single words or short phrases are not subject to copyright protection, as copyright law is not meant to give a monopoly on those items. For example, the instructions in an instruction manual on how to operate a machine cannot be protected under copyright law — but the advertising and non-instructional materials can. DO When writing, read many different perspectives on issues and synthesize your own viewpoint and analysis.
If you ultimately agree with an article that has been written, take the main idea and write your own article in your own words. If you are quoting a blog post, quote thoughtfully and only take as much as needed to make your point. Otherwise, you could be exposing yourself to liability. Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.
Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed. Copyright protects original works of authorship, while a patent protects inventions or discoveries. Ideas and discoveries are not protected by the copyright law, although the way in which they are expressed may be. A trademark protects words, phrases, symbols, or designs identifying the source of the goods or services of one party and distinguishing them from those of others.
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