Re: Copyright or Trademark a Program?

On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, John Noble <jnoble[_at_]dgsys.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/17/99, Thomas Workman <tworkman[_at_]erols.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Ralph Clifford <rclifford[_at_]snesl.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Section 301 does not operate and the author of the speech
> > > would be dependent on whatever state remedies are available including
> > > state copyright law.
> >
> > !!! STATE copyright law was preempted !!! If the subject matter could
> > be registered under the federal statutes, then no state may protect the
> > work under a quasi copyright.
>
> But doesn't that elude the question. Can the speech which is not fixed
> by or under the authority of the author be registered under the federal
> statute?

No.

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