dear copyright, U R ded

[dsrtao]

Every letter of this post has been carefully copied from a different source somewhere on the world wide web, each source was copyrighted. What is the legal status of this post?

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[dsrtao]

If it helps, nobody gave me permission.

Is it different if I select words?
Phrases?
Sentences?
Paragraphs?

Is it different if I do it with music, note and rest by note and rest?
Chord by chord? Measure for measure? In 1.75 second loops?

[dlevey.livejournal.com]

Music, if I recall correctly, has the 12-note rule: a composition can be said to be substantively similar/derivative for the purposes of copyright if 12 notes or more in a row are the same.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_minimis

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

I don't like the thought of the death of copyright, if only because I don't like the thought of all my fiction becoming available to the public to do whatever they want with it :(

[n5red.livejournal.com]

You're just a troublemaker!