On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Lawrence Rosen wrote:
> As in real life, in copyright law size isn't everything; in fact it's not
> much. A haiku containing 17 syllables in the pattern 5-7-5 would be
> copyrightable subject matter under 17 USC 102(a), but the same number of
> syllables in a cake recipe probably wouldn't under 17 USC 102(b). ["Preheat
> the oven. Be sure to grease the cake pans. Pour batter in pans."] Perhaps
> these 17 syllables are copyrightable in the context of *this* email simply
> because it is intended to be a haiku and not really a cake recipe?
The difference is that a haiku is supposed to reference a season; a recipe, a seasoning. Received on Wed Jan 31 2007 - 04:43:50 GMT
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