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From: cowan@ccil.org (John Cowan)
Subject: [TUHS] SunOS 4.1.1?
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 11:37:25 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070925153725.GA26549@mercury.ccil.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070925.083819.163264799.imp@bsdimp.com>

M. Warner Losh scripsit:

> Next, it is unlikely to qualify for copyright protection because
> there's not enough creative content in these files.  While they may be
> pedantically correct, their contents may not be creative enough to
> qualify for copyright protection.  The phone book doesn't qualify,
> even if it is correct, for example.  

True in the U.S., which uses the "originality" standard; false in the
U.K., which uses the "sweat of the brow" standard.

IANAL; TINLA.

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Said Agatha Christie / To E. Philips Oppenheim  John Cowan
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  reply	other threads:[~2007-09-25 15:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <3367693331-1097@e4ward.com>
2007-09-20 13:48 ` Andrew Warkentin
2007-09-20 17:22   ` asbesto
2007-09-21 14:44     ` Tim Bradshaw
2007-09-21 14:58       ` John Cowan
2007-09-21 16:41         ` asbesto
2007-09-21 16:46           ` John Cowan
2007-09-21 17:22             ` asbesto
2007-09-21 17:29               ` M. Warner Losh
2007-09-21 19:11                 ` asbesto
2007-09-21 17:23           ` Seth Morabito
2007-09-21 17:47             ` Brantley Coile
2007-09-21 16:48         ` Tim Bradshaw
2007-09-21 17:12           ` John Cowan
2007-09-21 17:14           ` M. Warner Losh
2007-09-21 17:30             ` Brantley Coile
2007-09-21 18:24               ` M. Warner Losh
2007-09-21 20:58                 ` Bill Pechter
2007-09-22  9:32                   ` Wesley Parish
2007-09-25  1:52           ` John Cowan
2007-09-25 14:06             ` Jose R. Valverde
2007-09-25 14:38               ` M. Warner Losh
2007-09-25 15:37                 ` John Cowan [this message]
2007-09-25 15:41 Jose R. Valverde
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-09-20  2:20 Larry McVoy
2007-09-20  7:58 ` asbesto

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