Would this be a copyright infringement?

[user789]

Hi,

I wrote a short manifesto but after after I wrote it, I found out that two **** ads have similar sentences in them and I was really surprised as I definitely haven't copied them but still I'm a little bit worried if this could be seen as copyright/trademark infringement or plagiarism.

This is what I wrote:
But people will say you can't do it. They will say you are not good enough, smart enough or talented enough. They will say only certain people can achieve their dreams - the chosen ones, the superstars. And they will say you are not one of them. But don't listen to them. They are wrong.

Here are the **** ads:
1. All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly. AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES.
2. Somehow we've come to believe that greatness is only for the chosen few, for the superstars. The truth is, greatness is for all of us.

Could you please help me out here?

Thanks

 

[quincy]

Hi,

I wrote a short manifesto but after after I wrote it, I found out that two **** ads have similar sentences in them and I was really surprised as I definitely haven't copied them but still I'm a little bit worried if this could be seen as copyright/trademark infringement or plagiarism.

This is what I wrote:
But people will say you can't do it. They will say you are not good enough, smart enough or talented enough. They will say only certain people can achieve their dreams - the chosen ones, the superstars. And they will say you are not one of them. But don't listen to them. They are wrong.

Here are the **** ads:
1. All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly. AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES.
2. Somehow we've come to believe that greatness is only for the chosen few, for the superstars. The truth is, greatness is for all of us.

Could you please help me out here?

Thanks

Do you live in the US? If so, what state? If not, in what country do you reside?

You ask if it is copyright infringement to take the most significant words from ads of a famous shoe maker to use in your "manifesto." Although short phrases are generally not protected under copyright laws, pulling recognized creative and original portions from a copyrighted work to use in your own work, without attributing the source, is plagiarism. It potentially could lead to a claim of infringement if N!ke takes exception to your use.

 

[not2cleverRed]

"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me." -Stuart Smalley

So perhaps Senator Franken might have a gripe too.

 

[quincy]

"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me." -Stuart Smalley

So perhaps Senator Franken might have a gripe too.

I think Franken has enough to gripe about right now without adding the proposed manifesto to the list.