Question

Rebecca Reyher wrote (and copyrighted) a children’s book entitled My Mother Is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World. The story was based on a Russian folktale told to her by her own mother. Years later, the children’s TV show Sesame Street televised a skit entitled "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World." The Sesame Street version took place in a different locale and had fewer frills, but the sequence of events in both stories was identical. Has Sesame Street infringed Reyher’s copyright?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is: Initially, yes it did violated the law. But it depends.

Explanation:

To begin with, we need to understand that when it comes to the law of copyright the consequences of violating it depends on the particulary situation that the parties shared. Therefore that initially, Sesame Street would have violated the copyright law if they did not establish a contract that can allow them to use that story. However again, if in a first place the Reyher violated the law then Sesame Street will be out of charges becuase the first violation was caused by the writter and in other case it could also be seen as therewas no violation due to the fact that is a russian folktale and those stories have no copyright.