Under the Copyright Act of 1978, copyright infringement occurs when the form or expression of an idea that remains under copyright protection is copied and disseminated or published without permission of the author or his/her estate. The publication does not have to be identical to the original, nor does it have to reproduce the original in entirety. In addition, works derived from the original expression may constitute copyright infringement. Penalties or remedies can be imposed on those who infringe copyrights, including payment of damages, criminal proceedings for willful violations.

Draft a 50-100 word fiction short story that, if published in a periodical, newspaper, online magazine or online blog, would constitute the infringement of a copyrighted original. The original work or idea may not be a television commercial!

Upon completion of your story, identify the original work it infringes upon.

Indicate how using such story in another forum or way might constitute "fair use" and thus not subject you, as publisher, to copyright infringement remedies.