Re: broadcast speech

Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> Michael Seadle <seadle[_at_]mainlib3.lib.msu.edu> wrote:
> >
> > 2) Does a broadcaster have an intellectual property interest in the
> > spoken words themselves, as opposed to the images and commentary? ...My
> > thought is that, since the broadcast adds nothing unique to the words
> > themselves, it has no IP rights.
>
> I assume you're still talking about the same speech. If so, then the
> words were authored by the officials, and no copyright in those words
> can belong to the broadcaster.

I recognize this argument and probably lean towards it but couldn't the argument be made that the author is the one who reduces the work to material form therefore the author of a broadcast speech (which is presumably recorded either in video or audio, digital or analogue) is the one who actually records it.

Therefore, despite the fact that the official devises the form of expression, the work, which is the recording of that speech, originates from the broadcaster, not the official.

This conclusion would complicate the analysis considerably.

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