The traditional copyright analysis would be that languages are not protectable by copyright law. There are a couple of law review articles on the issue. Judge Keeton in the Lotus v. Paperback case decided that Lotus' macro language was protected by copyright law. He did not cite or discuss the closest precedents which had held that shorthand systems could not be protected by copyright law.
Pam Samuelson
Univ. of Pittsburgh Law School
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Richard Stern wrote one article on this subject; Emory Law Review (oops, make that Journal) published a note on the subject as well. Received on Wed Dec 07 1994 - 18:17:45 GMT
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