David Crosby <DFC[_at_]lappinkusmer.com> wrote:
>
> ...
> I dislike the Feist decision because I found it somewhat incomplete.
> Being former patent examiner, If find the requirement for a minimum
> level of creativity to be too much like the requirement for a flash of
> genius that was abolished in patent cases. I would have preferred
> the court heed Justice Homes' comment that the courts should avoid
> passing judgement on creativity. ...
It is not creativity but originality that is required by copyright protection.
Bob Cumbow
<cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com>
Received on Fri Feb 07 1997 - 22:48:42 GMT
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