Re: copyright registration of "non-static" icons in web sites

From: <Greg.MacGowan[_at_]Law.UC.Edu>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 15:49:43 -0500

> Subject: Re: Copyright Registration
>
> How would you register an icon for example of a cat that moves and
> meows -- an icon on a website?
>
> I think it could be an artistic work as a static image but with
> movement and sound, does it become an "animated" work or possibly an
> audio-visual work?
>
> I'd appreciate comments for registration in Canada and the U.S.
> and from participants in other countries as well.

You might also be able to register the JAVA script that produced the animation.

</Greg>

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Greg S. MacGowan
Center for Electronic Text in the Law (CETL) University of Cincinnati College of Law
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0142

phone: (513) 556-2334
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Email: Greg.MacGowan[_at_]Law.UC.edu Received on Tue Feb 04 1997 - 20:49:04 GMT