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Feedback: Commas in breach of copyright

21 November 2012

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Commas in breach of copyright

THE copyright statement that Isobel Clarke found at the bottom of a music review on www.wrightmusic.net (bit.ly/CopyWright) seemed so excessively inclusive that she sent it to Feedback with her comments.

The statement reads: “This article or any part of it, however small, must not be copied, quoted, reproduced, downloaded or altered in any way whatsoever nor stored in any retrieval system. Failure to comply is in breach of International Copyright Law and will render any offender liable to action at law.”

Isobel notes: “The ‘however small’ phrase must include every letter and…

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