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

On Sun, 16 Aug 1998, Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu> wrote:
>
> 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.

I would also argue that, in most cases, the choices of what to leave in and take out of a particular case is covered by copyright as well.

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