Responding to Greg Ikonen's question about the contribution necessary to be a joint author, the point has been litigated; I believe the short answer is that the putative joint author must have contributed more than ideas or editorial advice, and must make an independently copyrightable contribution of expression. The case of Ashton-Tate v. Ross in the 9th Circuit discusses this in the context of the design of a computer program user interface, and I'm sure there are others in different contexts.
Kerry L. Konrad
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Received on Fri Feb 19 1999 - 17:31:41 GMT
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