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| Using Einstein quotes... illegal? |
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Mark Oates
Member #1,146
March 2001
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I'm formatting the text layout for a book, and my client was advised to take out the Einstein quotes in the book under the presumption that it was illegal to use them. This person was also told "there's a group of Einstein people and all they do is go around books and the Internet and sue people for using the quotes." I know that this isn't exactly a quote legality board, but my immediate reaction was that it's BS. Especially when the discussion turned to the "Einstein people." Any thoughts? -- |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Most countries allow the use of copyrighted material for fair use purposes. eg. US Copyright Law said: Under the fair use doctrine of the U.S. copyright statute, it is permissible to use limited portions of a work including quotes, for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly reports. There are no legal rules permitting the use of a specific number of words, a certain number of musical notes, or percentage of a work. Whether a particular use qualifies as fair use depends on all the circumstances.
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Ron Novy
Member #6,982
March 2006
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A lot of books on physics such as 'Faster then the speed of light' are simply biographies of Einstein with the authors own theories mixed in at the beginning and the end... Knowing this I can tell that some publisher is probably trying to monopolize the whole Einstein thing by pushing its weight around whether its out in the open or by proxy. Most of them are crazy comic book theories anyway... In other words... BS. ---- |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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E = mc2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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Mark Oates said: there's a group of Einstein people and all they do is go around books and the Internet and sue people for using the quotes. What possibly body could claim the copyright? Next time someone tells you that, quote the "universe and human stupidity" one to them. -- |
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Mark Oates
Member #1,146
March 2001
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23yrold3yrold said: What possibly body could claim the copyright? the "people who own Einstein" allegedly. Quote: universe and human stupidity which one is that... oh wait, I remember... something about how the universe is infinite but human stupidity is more infinite. edit: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity." I was close. -- |
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Neil Walker
Member #210
April 2000
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Quote: no “Einstein estate” currently exists, but that the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Princeton University Press own the rights to all of Einstein’s writings that were not copyrighted by anyone else. As for Einstein’s image, Hebrew University of Jerusalem has authorized Beverly Hills’ Roger Richman Agency, “the preeminent licensing agency, specializing in protecting and promoting the personas of world-renowned entertainment and historical personalities,” to license Einstein’s image for promotional purposes and to “prevent unauthorized use of the likeness and image of Albert Einstein.” That is correct, a Hollywood agency, specializing in protecting the rights of movie stars claims to have exclusive rights to Einstein (and Sigmund Freud). That's the first google hit I got before I got bored. Neil. wii:0356-1384-6687-2022, kart:3308-4806-6002. XBOX:chucklepie |
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OICW
Member #4,069
November 2003
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Einstein said: Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the former. He quoted it with the appendix. [My website][CppReference][Pixelate][Allegators worldwide][Who's online] |
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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23yrold3yrold said: What possibly body could claim the copyright? The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Princeton University Press. [1] -- |
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Tobias Dammers
Member #2,604
August 2002
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Just wait until 2025, then all of his works will be in the public domain. --- |
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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Unless he did some last time-space prank. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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