tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post8127943205196720024..comments2024-03-28T09:05:22.006+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Let's dance and infringeVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-71468277187924593442007-02-05T17:04:00.000+00:002007-02-05T17:04:00.000+00:00But the meaning of "choreographic works" is far fr...But the meaning of "choreographic works" is far from intuitive. The US caselaw to date has provided protection only for recorded choreography, using choreographic notation. The maybe-hopefully-just-resolved Martha Graham dispute(s) over ownership are an excellent example (and an excellent example of the nonsense involved in works made for hire).<br /><br />However, the biggest problem that I have is that the Electric Slide is a technique more akin to the "short phrases" that are explicitly outside the US Copyright Act's protection. If one were copying the complete dance, that would be one thing; inserting the Electric Slide into another work, though, sounds more like the kind of fact pattern that a thoroughly evil law professor might put into an exam question...CEPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06970221836704655630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-75907717612150419762007-02-05T09:25:00.000+00:002007-02-05T09:25:00.000+00:00The IPKat's friend Richard informs him that s106 o...The IPKat's friend Richard informs him that s106 of the US Copyright Act specifically mentions choreographic works. Article 2 of the Berne convention does too. As far as he is concerned there is no surprise here.David Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02336561458060095886noreply@blogger.com