Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kanye West I'm sorry, that was just my opinion.jpg
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COM:Derivative works: Image showing a screen with copyrighted programme. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 03:20, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- Please refer to: United States Copyright Office (2018-10-15). Circular 33 Works Not Protected by Copyright (PDF). copyright.gov 2–3. United States Copyright Office. Archived from the original on 2021-01-31. Retrieved on 2020-02-19. "Words and short phrases, such as names, titles, and slogans, are uncopyrightable because they contain an insufficient amount of authorship. The Office will not register individual words or brief combinations of words, even if the word or short phrase is novel, distinctive, or lends itself to a play on words"
- I'm sorry. That is just my opinion. & its variations (I am sorry. That is just my opinion. OR I'm sorry. That's just my opinion. OR I am sorry. That's just my opinion.) are a common set of phrases used together in the United States, as is evident in this Google search that produces about 391,000 results once one has repeated the search with the omitted results included:
- I believe that to claim that this caption is copyrightable to be absurd. I'm sorry, but that was not just my opinion, but the guidance from the US Copyright Office, whose jurisdiction applies to Chicago, IL, US, where I heard & saw Kanye West's speech. Peaceray (talk) 05:24, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Peaceray: the caption here is not the issue. The main issue here is the screen. The feed being broadcast on the screen can be copyrighted. And its substantial inclusion here exceeds de minimis. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 05:34, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- In that case, I will contact my son's alma mater, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago & ask them if they are willing to assent to releasing that under an appropriate license. I have worked with guiding folks in the OTRS process before, so if they are amenable, this should not present a problem. Of course, I cannot expect anybody to be in their office before Monday. Peaceray (talk) 05:54, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
- @Peaceray: the caption here is not the issue. The main issue here is the screen. The feed being broadcast on the screen can be copyrighted. And its substantial inclusion here exceeds de minimis. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 05:34, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
