On 8/14/98, Dan L. Burk <burkdanl[_at_]shu.edu> wrote:
>
> 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.
The annotations would also be copyrightable.
Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
UCLA School of Law '98
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1206/
Received on Sun Aug 16 1998 - 15:08:11 GMT