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

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 03:17:14 -0400

On 8/16/98, Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu> wrote:
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> 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.

Nah. Did you ever see anything minimally original?

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

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Received on Tue Aug 18 1998 - 07:12:36 GMT