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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9233465" data-attributes="member: 7035894"><p>At this point I think you are just trying to be argumentative, and you don't even understand the terms you are using. <em>No one gets sued for plagiarizing themselves</em>. John Fogerty wasn't sued for plagiarizing himself, as I pointed out. He was sued for committing copyright infringement over work that he previously sold, as a member of CCR. This was represented in the media as a "plagiarism" case, which is perhaps why you are confused, but plagiarism and copyright infringement are not the same thing. Plagiarism is about ethics, not law. If law, then we are talking about intellectual properties law, copyright law, contract law, etc.</p><p></p><p>You don't get sued for plagiarism. You get sued for copyright infringement. So no, I can't cite any US case law of something that is not a real thing.</p><p></p><p>You understand that copyright can be sold, yes? And that once creators do so, they lose control over that work, to the extent agreed upon in the contract? Agreed? This is what happened with the work John Fogerty did with Creedence Clearwater Revival. It is also common practice for creatives in many industries to surrender copyright of the work they do for their employer as a work for hire (e.g. animators, etc.). No, a person who animated Elsa can't go and start marketing their own Elsa t-shirts using their art from <em>Frozen. </em>Not without risking a lawsuit, anyway.</p><p></p><p>Do you agree that you can commit copyright infringement over work that you created but do not hold the copyright for? Yes or no? If yes, then stop arguing, we are in agreement. If no, then you are flat wrong and it isn't some subtle point of law that needs debating. I'm done.</p><p></p><p>Edit: fun fact: yesterday, the Mickey Mouse cartoon "Steamboat Willie" entered public domain. But do you know why Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created Mickey Mouse? Because they didn't own the rights to their first creation, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. And Disney basically did the same thing to Iwerks to gain sole control over Mickey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 9233465, member: 7035894"] At this point I think you are just trying to be argumentative, and you don't even understand the terms you are using. [I]No one gets sued for plagiarizing themselves[/I]. John Fogerty wasn't sued for plagiarizing himself, as I pointed out. He was sued for committing copyright infringement over work that he previously sold, as a member of CCR. This was represented in the media as a "plagiarism" case, which is perhaps why you are confused, but plagiarism and copyright infringement are not the same thing. Plagiarism is about ethics, not law. If law, then we are talking about intellectual properties law, copyright law, contract law, etc. You don't get sued for plagiarism. You get sued for copyright infringement. So no, I can't cite any US case law of something that is not a real thing. You understand that copyright can be sold, yes? And that once creators do so, they lose control over that work, to the extent agreed upon in the contract? Agreed? This is what happened with the work John Fogerty did with Creedence Clearwater Revival. It is also common practice for creatives in many industries to surrender copyright of the work they do for their employer as a work for hire (e.g. animators, etc.). No, a person who animated Elsa can't go and start marketing their own Elsa t-shirts using their art from [I]Frozen. [/I]Not without risking a lawsuit, anyway. Do you agree that you can commit copyright infringement over work that you created but do not hold the copyright for? Yes or no? If yes, then stop arguing, we are in agreement. If no, then you are flat wrong and it isn't some subtle point of law that needs debating. I'm done. Edit: fun fact: yesterday, the Mickey Mouse cartoon "Steamboat Willie" entered public domain. But do you know why Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks created Mickey Mouse? Because they didn't own the rights to their first creation, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. And Disney basically did the same thing to Iwerks to gain sole control over Mickey. [/QUOTE]
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