Re: Emory HTML claim (was Re: Michigan case draws )

Tim Arnold-Moore wrote:
>
>Sandra Greiner wrote:
>>
>> To pretend that the layout of the text or the pagination is so
>> inspired as to merit copyright protection demeans these valuable
>> contributions (and ignores _Feist_).
>
> The standard of originality is not a hurdle requirement. It exists
> precisely and only to identify who has the right to sue. Not even
> Feist changes this role of the originality requirement.

No, you're mistaken. Copyright subsists only in *original* works of authorship. 17 U.S.C. s. 102(a); Nimmer s. 2.01. No originality, no copyright.

--Sandra Greiner
<sg1[_at_]ix.netcom.com> Received on Thu Mar 21 1996 - 17:07:35 GMT