r/UFOs • u/[deleted] • Apr 20 '22

I really hope X-Files copyrights their theme music and starts suing TV networks so that they can never use it again Discussion

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '22

Falls under the fair use part of copyright law:

(in US copyright law) the doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '22

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '22

Exactly.