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Originally Posted by gideongallery
stop trying to create insane stretches to justify your bullshit position
your copying word for word example was covering a song
turning a stripper pole music song into a acoustic ballad
or turning a dance song into a love song
completely changing the context of the music so that it does not represent a DIRECT loss of sale of the original work
fair use already balances the situation your talking about
while still protecting the derivative works i am talking about.
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Dude, calm down. I'm not trying to justify anything. I simply said you can't buy a Stephen King book, copy it word for word onto a website and then add the commentary "This is my favorite Stephen King book" and then say it falls under fair use.
I understand the difference between an original song and a cover song and so long as the original writer/publishing owner of the song gets paid if you try to sell your cover version of the song I don't have any problem with people doing cover songs. It is a time honored thing in music. Back before the internet bands would often play covers at live shows while they wrote their own music and use them as a filler for the show to help draw listeners. Today they just do it on YouTube.