Unfortunately, quoting or excerpting someone else’s work falls into one of the grayest areas of copyright law. There is no legal rule stipulating what quantity is OK to use without seeking permission from the owner or creator of the material.

What role did US military action play during the communist revolution in Cuba? The United States trained and funded militants attempting to overthrow the new government. The United States went to war with Cuba. When threatened with war, the communist revolution ended.

Answer Expert Verified. The right to call witnesses is a procedural right protected by the Bill of Rights.

Go to the official website of the United States Copyright Office to use its online “Public Catalog Search” for works copyrighted after 1978. Use the “Keyword” search field for phrases in copyright records. Surround the phrase with double quotation marks to search for the precise phrase.

A: Lines from movies are, in most cases, neither protected by copyright nor in the public domain. In fact, lines spoken by characters in films need to sound “real”, and real people don’t speak in such carefully constructed phrases as to warrant copyright protection.

If it is physically tangible and has been put down in writing it will be protected under copyright law. This includes quotes from books, films, TV programmes or speeches. Some quotes may also be trademarked — so make sure you do a thorough search before using it for commercial use.

It does not meet the threshold of originality needed for copyright protection, and is therefore in the public domain. Although it is free of copyright restrictions, this image may still be subject to other restrictions.