De minimis is a legal doctrine by which a court refuses to consider trifling matters. The name of the doctrine is a Latin expression meaning "pertaining to minimal things" or "with trifles", normally
The country of Georgia has no legally recognized freedom of panorama, and a strict interpretation of copyright law makes commercial reproduction of a likeness of any modern Georgian building a likely copyright violation. However, a panorama of a Georgian city (here, Batumi), which does not focus on any building in detail, is probably allowable owing to the de minimis principle.[citation needed]
A photo of an intersection in France. The Dark Knight movie poster on the image is too insignificant to constitute copyright infringement.
A crop of the image that focuses on the poster may be considered a copyright violation, hence it has been censored in this image.
In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion of a sound recording in another recording. Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm, melody, speech, or sound effects. A sample might compris
De minimis
…minimis. Similarly, courts have dismissed copyright infringement cases on the grounds that the alleged infringer's use of the copyrighted work (such as sampling) was so insignificant as to be de minimis. For example, the NBA 2K video games that included copyrighted tattoos in the recreation of the players…
DJ Premier selecting records to sample
The Phonogene, a 1940s instrument which plays back sounds from tape loops
The Fairlight CMI, a sampler and synthesizer released in 1979. The designers coined the term sampling to describe one of its features.
The Akai MPC, an influential sampler produced from 1988