Re: Aphorisms and Copyright

On Sun, 16 Aug 1998, Carol Cricow <carol[_at_]yujean.com> wrote:
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> There's a provision in the copyright regs that says they can't.
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> But perhaps this judge doesn't read regs.

In this case, if I recall the order that was posted, the works in question were registered, so apparently the Copyright Office did not feel that its own regulations forbade the registration in this case. In fact, while the regulation does say that such slogans can't be copyrighted, we have to remember the context of that: that the CO's view is that they're not subject to copyright, and since only works subject to copyright are subject to registration, they won't be registered. If, for whatever reason, the CO finds that the works are subject to copyright, regulation or not, it's required to register the work under 410(a).

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