Another copyright question

From: Jackie Mackay <mackay[_at_]cognito.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 94 08:35:30 GMT

> From: allegro!sieler[_at_]uunet.uu.net (Stan Sieler)
> Subject: Re: New lawsuit!
> To: VOLOKH[_at_]law.ucla.edu (Eugene Volokh)
> Date sent: Tue, 15 Nov 1994 19:20:15 -0800 (PST)
>
> I wonder, can a lawsuit be considered a work of art?

My opinion (maybe not humble enough for a legally lay info management person....)

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No. You cannot copyright something that happens in the moment and then is gone forever - never to be repeated - unique & instantaneous. Is not a legal suit rather like a protracted play or performance in real life/time? You can only copyright the recording of it - or the instruction on how to attempt to reproduce it in life.

How ridiculous it is for us to consider tying up and controlling the past to such an extent that we can't get on and do things in our lives afresh and new. Why the emphasis on the beaten path all the time? - where's creativity in copyrighting look and feel?

Jackie Mackay LEDGE

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         Received on Thu Nov 17 1994 - 09:41:22 GMT