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Copyright, Originality, And The End Of The Scenes A Faire And Merger Doctrines For Visual Works, Michael D. Murray
Copyright, Originality, And The End Of The Scenes A Faire And Merger Doctrines For Visual Works, Michael D. Murray
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The merger doctrine in copyright states that if an idea and the expression of the idea are so tied together that the idea and its expression are one - there is only one conceivable way or a drastically limited number of ways to express and embody the idea in a work - then the expression of the idea is uncopyrightable because ideas may not be copyrighted. The scenes a faire doctrine complements the merger doctrine by providing that certain subject matter - stock images, tried and true story lines, fables and folklore, scenes of nature, common visual and cultural references, …