Legally, she writes, "I believe that the Supreme Court probably would hold such composite stories to be 'fair use' - as long as the robots were careful to take only tiny snippets from each source."

The defense lawyers also said that prosecutors had taken snippets of conversations out of context and misinterpreted them.

As we approached the island he told me how he went there from time to time, taking messages and snippets of information about expeditions to the mainland or shipments of silver, silk, and other precious goods between the coastal towns.

"Folks are taking snippets and making them their own."

Though Federal authorities said Howe had confessed to possessing two grams, Howe said the prosecution had taken snippets of his statement to use against him.

Tzara would construct poems by taking snippets of words from newspapers and placing them into a bag to randomly draw from and arrange.

Regardless, our conclusion is the same: Taking snippets of his speech ignores the larger context of the president's meaning that a business owner does not become successful 'on your own.'

"The fact that people are taking beats and snippets of other records bothers a lot of people," he said.

Fans will also be able to use special software, probably offered on a label's Web site, to take snippets of the episodes and rearrange them, executives said.