Re: Copyright Question

[Dan Kissane <dfk@SNYONEVA.CC.ONEONTA.EDU>]

This would appear to come under the humour exemption.


On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Dawn Sardes wrote:

> I had a whacky idea, but I'm not sure if it would violate the law.
>
> Say I take a poster of Britney Spears, then scan the jacket of a book and
> paste it to the poster, making it look as though she is holding it, and then
> hang a comic-book-like dialogue bubble over it with the phrase"Oops, I read
> it again."
>
> And then I hang it in my library.
>
> Am I breaking any laws?
>
> Dawn Sardes
> YA Librarian
> dmsardes@aol.com
>
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