this analogy seems a little wide of the mark to me. I don't think a single frame of a movie is comparable to a whole chapter of a book. Don't we quote from books all the time without paying copyright fees? Mike Chopra-Gant University of North London > . . . now hold on juist a minute . . . as someone who has > admittedly palyed fast and loose with various copyright > regulations, and who will strecth the fair use exemption > to and beynd the breaking point, i find this arguement > so self-seeking as to be intolerable . . . it's akin to saying > that the writer of the novel own the whole novel but not > any of the chapters within it . . . or that edward albee owns > his plays but any one of us can with impunity publish favorite > bits of dialogue from them . . . stealing something from > someone else may involve some work, but please let's not be > hypocritical enough to call it "producing an image" > > there may be many solid grounds for refusing to abide by > copyright regulations . . . this is not one of them . . . for once > we have an issue that's not murky at all, and let't not hide behind > our favorite cloud of fog to justify that which is unjustifiable > > mike > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite