This is the last straw from someone who says she's been writing a book on Gene for the past 20 years. Is no one else allowed to put pen to paper about Gene Kelly?
It is fine to have a copyright on a person and their image and on a few famous quotes. Martin Luther King's widow stopped some direct quotes from being used in the movie, Selma, but these were well known quotes, world famous quotes.
I, like Prof Marshall, have read an enormous amount of material on Gene Kelly, to include his interviews, books and scholarly articles. In all of that reading, there is not a particularly noteworthy quote that rises to the level of an MLK speech. Therefore, I guess if Gene said in an interview, that he loved dancing, no one could quote that in a book due to copyright infringement.
I seriously doubt Prof Marshall intends to make a dime from this book as it most likely would only be bought by hardcore Gene fans. She is simply doing it for her devotion to his great talent and as a scholarly endeavor.
Someone needs to get off their high horse and get out of the way.
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Gene Kelly's Widow
It is fine to have a copyright on a person and their image and on a few famous quotes. Martin Luther King's widow stopped some direct quotes from being used in the movie, Selma, but these were well known quotes, world famous quotes.
I, like Prof Marshall, have read an enormous amount of material on Gene Kelly, to include his interviews, books and scholarly articles. In all of that reading, there is not a particularly noteworthy quote that rises to the level of an MLK speech. Therefore, I guess if Gene said in an interview, that he loved dancing, no one could quote that in a book due to copyright infringement.
I seriously doubt Prof Marshall intends to make a dime from this book as it most likely would only be bought by hardcore Gene fans. She is simply doing it for her devotion to his great talent and as a scholarly endeavor.
Someone needs to get off their high horse and get out of the way.
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