Re: Copyright protection limits

On Sat, 2 Mar 1996 MSibley[_at_]aol.com wrote:
>
> An author writes a book on a unique way he has devised of looking
> at human development through a number of distinct stages. What is
> copyrighted, merely the way the author described the stages of
> development (the expression) or does the copyright protect the
> author's unique paradigm of the stages of developement as well?
> What is the line that distinguishes between the expression and the
> ideas and concepts? For example, if the stages could be described
> by the chapter titles, are the chapter titles protected?
>
> Could someone else familiar with the author's paradigm come along a
> write a book about it even though they don't use the same wording to
> describe it? Must they give acknowledgement or pay royalties to the
> author?

FWIW, i immediately thot of these two books while reading your post. If you can research any possible controversy between these authors it might give you a place to start. (i only know of undocumented rumors...)

1.) _Passages: predictable crises of adult life_ by Gail Sheehy (C) 1976 2.) _Seasons of a Man's Life_ by Daniel J. Levinson (C) 1977.

Charles Keller <keller[_at_]ra.msstate.edu> Received on Thu Mar 07 1996 - 05:59:30 GMT