RE: Re: Protecting Ideas

From: Freya Anderson <freya_anderson[_at_]eed.state.ak.us>
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:05:00 -0500

According to Wired, at least the story is not apocryphal, although they're not positive about his critique. You can find a list of six word stories on their web site at http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.11/sixwords.html. I think some of them are pretty good.

Freya

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Freya Anderson
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Juneau, AK 99811-0571
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From: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property [mailto:CNI-COPYRIGHT[_at_]cni.org] On Behalf Of Terry Carroll Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 12:55 PM To: CNI-COPYRIGHT -- Copyright & Intellectual Property Subject: [CNI-(C)] Re: Protecting Ideas

On Wed, 31 Jan 2007, Lawrence Rosen wrote:

> I agree that you also deserve a copyright, regardless of the size of
> your recipe.

I'm reminded of the probably apocyphal story of Hemingway writing a sad short story in only six words, and claiming it to be his best work:

     For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.

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