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I have written a song which contains a funny line (a 9 word sentence) which a famous comedian spoke in one of his routines (on video). I read somewhere that this kind of use of a single sentence does not break copyright law -- can anyone confirm this please?

More generally, how many (sequential ...

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I am a UK citizen and I have registered a song I've written at the US Copyright Office. If a copyright problem occured in the UK, would I be able to use this US registration in a legal defence of my ownership?

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Regarding my recent topic on the Karloff/Frankenstein image, I emailed Universal Pictures about the use of this photo that Wikipaedia claims is in the public domain -- Link:

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Frankenstein%27s_monster_(Boris_Karloff).jpg

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I recently found a Universal Pictures black and white photo image of Boris Karlof as Frankenstein's monster, which, according to Wikipedia, is in the public domain. I have done some work on the image (tinted it blue, rendered it "brushstroke" and put a caption on it) so it is no longer ...

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I want to use one of the classic Boris Karlof Frankenstein monster photo images on a music CD I'm producing. I've come across such a photo on Wikipedia and according to the Wikipedia information about this image, it's in the public domain. But is there any way that I can check on this for sure ...