Legal Question in Entertainment Law in New York

copywright infringement

if i wanted to use a large amount of lines from various other screenplays to make a separate idea, is that illegal? is it the way it's conveyed? for example if i used ''show me the money'' in a yard sake scene, is that infringement? what if it's parodied? bottom line: can it be done without asking permission for each line?


Asked on 1/25/06, 12:24 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Stephen Loeb Law Office of Stephen R. Loeb

Re: copywright infringement

You can use brief segments from other shows as long as it is being used to connote a separate idea. Parody is permissible, so is editorial comment.

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Answered on 1/30/06, 11:37 am


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