Re: Copyright or Trademark a Program?

From: Dan L Burk <BURKDANL[_at_]shu.edu>
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 23:49:42 -0500

On 3/19/99, Ralph Clifford <rclifford[_at_]snesl.edu> wrote:
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> Consequently, in those states that have either not repealed their
> old copyright statute (I don't know of any, of hand, but I bet they
> are out there) or who recognized a common law copyright, those
> provisions can be used to obtain copyright remedies for non-fixed
> works.

Actually, I noticed just the other day that California's anti-piracy statute -- held not to be preempted in Goldstein, prior to the addition of sound recordings to the federal act -- is still on the books. (It doesn't apply to unfixed works, of course, and would surely be preempted now.)

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

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Received on Sun Mar 21 1999 - 04:54:46 GMT