On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:38:26AM -0700, Bruce Perens wrote: > Yes, but most nations that don't have fair use doctrine recognize a de > minimus exception in art. The EU Copyright Directive explicitly allows > member nations to implement this.
Say for instance, Section 31 of the CDPA 1988 in the UK <http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/31>: "(1) Copyright in a work is not infringed by its incidental inclusion in an artistic work, sound recording, film or broadcast" There's obviously a line somewhere as to what counts as "incidental" inclusion, but the general principle applies. Cheers, Phil -- Philip Kendall <[email protected]> http://www.shadowmagic.org.uk/
