Tota in minimis existit natura=--The whole of nature exists in the very smallest things.
De minimis non curat lex=--The law takes no notice of trifles.
Quod eorum minimis mihi=--As to the least of 5 these, so to me.
One might imagine the same rules would be applied--de minimis copying irrelevant, certain standard forms unprotected, and so on.
NWA's response was predictable--this was classic de minimis copying, which the law did not touch.
He ignores issues of de minimis copying, substantial similarity, fair use, and the differences between the right over the recording and that over the composition.
Minimal or de minimis copying of tiny fragments is ignored.
But against that dictum of human law one may place the Elder Pliny's maxim concerning natural law: Nusquam magis quam in minimis tota est Natura.
Lord Hatherley said that the principle de minimis non curat lex applied to a supposed wrong in taking a part of dramatic works as well as in reproducing a part of a book.
And this application of the principle of de minimis non curat lex was affirmed by the House of Lords in 1878.
De Minimis non Curat Lex i Yes, but what is a minimum?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "minimis" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
