Vanilla Ice Vs Wilfred Mercury Case Study

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Briefly describe copyright, public domain, and fair use. Provide a unique example of fair use. Provide an example of when copyright would be violated. Be sure not to duplicate an example that is already posted by one of your classmates.

Copyright is described as a form of protection of intellectual property provided by the laws of the United States to authors of “original works of authorship” that are “fixed in a tangible medium of expression.”

An example of when copyright would be violated is Vanilla Ice versus David Bowie and Freddie Mercury case. Vanilla Ice hit song, in 1991 Ice Ice Baby was sampled from the song Under Pressure by David Bowie and Queen. However, David Bowie and Queen was not credited by the song, therefore, is describeVanilla