Photographic memory

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

If I read a copyrighted work and commit it reasonably perfectly to memory, am I violating the copyright?

"All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This
publication is protected by copyright, and permission must be obtained from
the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval
system, or transmission in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopying, recording, or likewise."

~~ Paul

 

[tkingdoll]

Ah, but the very existence of the copyright statement means there is an expectation that the work will be read.

Which suggests an exclusion of brain activity in the statement, no?

 

[Crossbow]

It would only be a violation if you could somehow reproduce your brain so that others could make use of the memories, and that is impossible.

Therefore, you do not have to worry about a photographic memory somehow violating the copyright rules.

 

[Paul C. Anagnostopoulos]

So the copyright statement means to state that you cannot make a copy so that someone else can access it? It does say "... prior to any prohibited reproduction, ..." so maybe so.

What if I tell the story after I memorize it?

~~ Paul

 

[Darth Rotor]

So the copyright statement means to state that you cannot make a copy so that someone else can access it? It does say "... prior to any prohibited reproduction, ..." so maybe so.

What if I tell the story after I memorize it?

~~ Paul

If not for profit, I think you are in the clear.

DR

 

[geni]

If not for profit, I think you are in the clear.

DR

I doubt it. While you could make a fair use claim of sorts it would be up to the courts to descide.

 

[Crossbow]

So the copyright statement means to state that you cannot make a copy so that someone else can access it? It does say "... prior to any prohibited reproduction, ..." so maybe so.

What if I tell the story after I memorize it?

~~ Paul

I would have to say that would depend upon the context used in the re-telling.

If you re-told the story, word for word, to just a few people in a informal setting (dinner, party, book club meeting, etc.), then I would expect that you would not have any legal problem doing such a thing.

If you re-told the story, word for word, to a group of people that paid you to hear your rendition (say a radio broadcast or in a theater), then I expect that you could have a serious legal problem if the publisher chose to invoke his copyright protections.

 

[simonmaal]

I quoted some other authors in my last essay. I cited the author, date and publication. Am I in breach of copyright?

 

[Crossbow]

I quoted some other authors in my last essay. I cited the author, date and publication. Am I in breach of copyright?

Nope!

That is good scholarship and not considered to be a violation of copyright since you are only using excerpts and giving them due credit.

Now then, if you did not provide the references for the quotations, then that could be considered plagiarism which is a real "No! No!" as well.

 

[Elizabeth I]

So the copyright statement means to state that you cannot make a copy so that someone else can access it? It does say "... prior to any prohibited reproduction, ..." so maybe so.

What if I tell the story after I memorize it?

~~ Paul

Then you will be the plot of Fahrenheit 451.