OT: be careful quoting Faulkner

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/26/2012 02:05 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/26/the-past-is-never-dead-a-faulkner-quote-in-midnight-in-paris-results-in-a-lawsuit/

Perhaps he's been repropriated, and can testify in person?

(But wouldn't two sentences, totaling 9 words, not even quoted but
paraphrased, and even attributed to their author, be fair use, and a
copyright suit thrown out of court in 10 seconds?)

Joel

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