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I am not a lawyer, and this is a legal question. Read This Recent Answer of mine. The answer is (supported by a link to an attorney blog) the courts will look at the totality of your work. If they...
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#4: Attribution notice removed
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2019-12-19T22:13:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T11:08:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
I am not a lawyer, and this is a legal question. Read [This Recent Answer](https://writing.stackexchange.com/a/42298/26047) of mine. The answer is (supported by a link to an attorney blog) the courts will look at the totality of your work. If they find the work is "substantially similar" then you infringe copyright. Because of that, if your plot is beat for beat the same as Green Book, then you are probably infringing. For songs, which DO have copyright protection for both the notes and lyrics, you can still infringe with a novel. Perhaps the story told in Bohemian Rhapsody could be infringed upon by a movie or novel. I'd find it strange to consider anything in "I wanna hold your hand" (Beatles) infringible; but I am not a lawyer. Some songs do tell a story, and I think you _could_ infringe, but likely not so for a single event like a child flying. Some things are in so many movies and stories that no particular author can claim exclusive ownership, which is a prerequisite to copyright -- It must be original work and not covered under a _previous_ copyright that is now expired.
#1: Imported from external source
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2019-03-04T16:54:22Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 2