Re: Copyright in Arrangement (Was: Re: Academics and coursepacks)

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1998 19:18:03 -0400

On 8/13/98, Joseph P. Riolo <riolo[_at_]voicenet.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, 28 Jul 1998, Christopher G. Wren <cgwren[_at_]wisconsinlaw.com> wrote:
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> > I think it'd be interesting to see how a "scope of claim"
> > notice would play out with respect to, say, law school casebooks.
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> I need a bit of education. What exactly is a law school casebook?
> How is it different from, say, a college textbook?

There tends to be more original material in most college textbooks. Casebooks are collections of cases, usually heavily edited and annotated. Many, if not all, cases will be public domain material. So casebook authors are more editors -- the originality in the casebook will be in selection and arrangement of the compilation.

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Dan L. Burk
Seton Hall University
burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu

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Received on Sat Aug 15 1998 - 22:09:05 GMT