Legal Question in Intellectual Property in New York
does http://www.sgutafs.com/forum/ infringe any copyright law?
1 Answer from Attorneys
This site is a message board, commonly called a forum, where users post comments relating to science fiction animated series. It has a critical element, which gets it into the very, very gray arena of "fair use."
If a post takes significant text from a prior work, then that post may infringe; however, once again, the issue of "fair use" would have to be determined.
Does the site itself infringe copyright? My guess is "no," but that is subject, again, to a fair-use determination.
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