Re: Typographic copyright (was: Emory HTML claim)

H.R. 94-1476, HOUSE REPORT ON THE COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1976 contained the following (which seems relevant to the discussion):

     "The Committee has considered, but chosen to defer, the possibility of protecting the design of typefaces. A 'typeface' can be defined as a set of letters, numbers, or other symbolic characters, whose forms are related by repeating design elements consistently applied in a notational system and are intended to be embodied in articles whose intrinsic utilitarian function is for use in composing text or other congnizable combinations of characters. The Committee does not regard the design of typeface, as thus defined, to be a copyrightable 'pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work' within the meaning of this bill and the application of the dividing line in section 101."

Howard Lurie
lurie[_at_]law.vill.edu Received on Wed Mar 27 1996 - 21:31:35 GMT