by OZe on November 9th, 2009

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Do you think the linked image infringes the copyright of the Beatles' song "I am the Walrus"?

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by VandalEyes on November 9th, 2009
No, buts its damn funny to a logic geek like me.
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by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on November 9th, 2009
That would depend on the one who has the rights now wouldn't it? Not you or I certainly. How do you know they did not pay for the rights to do this?
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- For sake of discussion, assume the people who did this do not own the rights and did not ask for permission.
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  by OZe on November 9th, 2009
- I looked on the site. It is such a small little thing I doubt if anyone ever would give a pattotie. Expecially since that song is just a household expression to most of us. Now if they used this in an advertisment and were making money, that's another story.
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  by Sharona Life is a Tale Told by an Idiot on November 9th, 2009
- Thanks for your answer. It is being used as content on HuffingtonPost.com. It is part of a series of well-known songs that have been turned into entertaining charts or diagrams. It is surrounded by internet banner ads that presumably make the Huffington Post money. I don't know if that changes your answer.
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- Where did our comments go? [Edit: Ok, now they are back again.]
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by OhLook - IamNoLongerAnonymous on November 9th, 2009
No.
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by OZe on November 9th, 2009
My answer is that it does. The diagram itself copies the opening line of the song. ("I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.") The diagram also copies the main refrain of the song. ("I am the eggman. They are the eggman. I am the walrus.") The title of the diagram completes the refrain. ("Goo goo joob.") Thus, it copies a significant portion of the creative elements of the song.
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