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Copyright infringement?


3 posted on 10/21/2009 5:50:11 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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Oh I see it's Rouge not Rogue. Still I think they may be able to sue as everything about the book is parallel except the name and sky.
7 posted on 10/21/2009 5:56:13 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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Was thinking the same thing myself.


13 posted on 10/21/2009 6:00:10 PM PDT by cranked
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"Copyright infringement?"

Intellectual Property law can be wildly complicated. There's quite a bit of case law on the subject. It get's well into principles such as satire and parody and the fair use doctrine. They don't "copy" any of Palin's words, or pictures, but there is a striking similarity.

Even if they did, there's a special rule for Artistic Works, to include literary titles. Courts have given people great latitude in such cases where people are either satirizing, parodying or making a political commentary on other literary works, and I assume the same would apply here. The long and short of it is copyright law isn't nearly as protective of Titles and covers as it is of the book's content. In my estimation, an infringement suit would not prevail.

18 posted on 10/21/2009 6:03:29 PM PDT by OldDeckHand (No Socialized Medicine, No Way, No How, No Time)
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