MYTH: I can copy up to a certain percentage of someone’s work and it is not infringement.
The Jury Says: FALSE. There is no hard number that represents the amount of someone’s work you can take without facing liability. Even if you just take a tiny bit, if it is the most important or recognizable tiny bit, you could still get into hot water. But sometimes, especially with something like a parody, the entire work can be copied without facing liability. It all depends on the specifics. So, any one-size-fits-all approach to identifying infringement is a doomed one.
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