09-24-2011, 01:54 AM
Well, whatever, I like the idea of your 'nudges'; it does depend, for me, on the size of the stuff nudged, but we could go on about that forever, since there is no striking dividing line. As for music....yes, the law of Intellectual Property is the same, but I was speaking yesterday with a man who calls himself a Legend, a singer/song-writer/guitarist, and his view was more like Leanne's: the Court may have to decide whether 6 bars is sufficient, but in truth, everyone has been learning from, borrowing from, and stealing from, everyone else forever. It will be a happy day when I go to the High Court to complain about, or defend, some plagirism! 