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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•29 days agoIn your example, you could also be sued for ripping off his style.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•29 days agoYou can sue for anything in the USA. But it is pretty much impossible to successfully sue for “ripping off someone’s style”. Where do you even begin to define a writing style?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•29 days ago“style”, in terms of composition, is actually a component in proving plagiarism.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•29 days agoThere are lots of ways to characterize writing style. Go read Finnegans Wake and tell me James Joyce doesn’t have a characteristic style.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•edit-229 days agoEdited for clarity: If that were the case then Weird AL would be screwed. Original: In that case Weird AL would be screwed
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•29 days agoNo because what he does is already a settled part of the law.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•29 days agoThat’s the point. It’s established law so OP wouldn’t be sued
In your example, you could also be sued for ripping off his style.
You can sue for anything in the USA. But it is pretty much impossible to successfully sue for “ripping off someone’s style”. Where do you even begin to define a writing style?
“style”, in terms of composition, is actually a component in proving plagiarism.
There are lots of ways to characterize writing style. Go read Finnegans Wake and tell me James Joyce doesn’t have a characteristic style.
Edited for clarity: If that were the case then Weird AL would be screwed.
Original: In that case Weird AL would be screwed
No because what he does is already a settled part of the law.
That’s the point. It’s established law so OP wouldn’t be sued