Re: websites: public vs private information?

Thanks to Barry Caplan for that explanation of the parts and procedures that go into making up what appears on the screen when I browse the Web.

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Barry Caplan <bcaplan[_at_]i18n.com> wrote:
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> This is a very simplified example that does not address additional
> technologies in common use at both the browser and the server ends
> that can confuse the picture even more.

Understood. I realize that you oversimplified to a degree, but you very nicely conveyed the basic premises (and problems).

> For example, the content that is merged may come from places under
> differing degrees and types of IP protection.

Understood also.

> What I really wonder is, can it get so complex that authorship can
> not be determined or may even not exist at all?

Well, I think we agree that such elements as the text of the Reuters story in your example, and any drawing or photograph on the page, would be elements involving authorship and would therefore enjoy copyright protection. As for the entire page: Would the concept of compilation copyright, which is recognized in the law, perhaps apply?

--Dodi Schultz
  <schultz[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Mon Jun 12 2000 - 18:47:09 GMT