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Hey, journalists: sometimes pertinent facts aren't hard to find.
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By Mike Cuenca | June 23, 2004
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On Sunday, June 20, you ran an article describing author Ray Bradbury's
disfavor with the title of Michael Moore's movie "Fahrenheit 9/11".
Bradbury is truly an American literary icon and he deserves our respect
and consideration.
But a journalistically sound story of his disagreement with Moore's
film's title should have included at least a mention of a basic
principle of copyright law: the titles of copyrighted works are not
protected by copyright. A quick visit to the website of the
U.S. Copyright Office at www.copyright.gov could have prevented you
from merely parroting an article that's obviously part of the media
campaign to discredit Moore's film before millions of Americans go see
it later this week.
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Originally published by the Lawrence Journal-World.
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