Re: Aphorisms and Copyright

From: Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 19:48:51 -0700

On 8/19/98, Robert Cumbow <cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com> wrote:
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> Why not? A cartoonist draws an illustration for a newspaper, and it's
> protected by copyright. An aphorist writes a clever saying for a
> newspaper and it's up for grabs? Where's the difference?

Seems to me there is a sizable difference between a cartoon and a slogan. The cartoon has far more ways of being expresssed than does the short phrase.

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Bob Stock <bstock[_at_]ucla.edu>
UCLA School of Law '98
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1206/

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