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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Peter Stuge <peter@×××××.se> wrote: |
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> Anthony G. Basile wrote: |
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>> The answer appears to be that a file is the unit |
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> I personally consider it to be smaller; a number of lines within |
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> a file, or even a single line, all depending on things. |
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Yup - any creative expression is copyrightable. Your two line email |
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is completely copyrightable, and so is the one line you quoted. That |
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said, Anthony couldn't have used copyright to prevent you and I from |
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quoting him, as it would almost certainly be considered fair use. |
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That doesn't mean that his email wasn't copyrightable - only that |
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copyright is not an impervious protection. |
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Rich |
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