From: Gary Berendsen (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Jan 22 2004 - 11:45:16 PST
On Jan 22, 2004, at 7:11 PM, Jason Halprin wrote:
> Hello,
> I have a very specific question about copyright laws, and I thought I'd
> see if anyone has the answer. I want to excerpt from the published
> journals of Ed Abbey (author) and use them as the basis (and narration)
> for a fictionalized account of his final day of life (animated). So,
> my question is, legally (not morally) does this constitute
> infringement? The text of the narration would be composited from
> entries stretching over years, and ordered to give it a fluent
> narrative structure (taking each line very much out of context).
If it's out of context you'll be creating a new copyrighted work so
you'll not be infringing.
Call it a hommage or satire and you're allowed to do (almost) anything.
But get an expert to look at it...
>
> If anyone has any insight, or can point me to a resource that would
> address my concern, it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Jason Halprin
> Milwaukee
>
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