Sushihunter
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When copyright does not apply
Titles, names and short word combinations are usually not protected by copyright. A "work" or other "subject matter" for copyright purposes must be something more substantial. However, if a title is original and distinctive, it is protected as part of the work it relates to.
You may have a brilliant idea for a mystery plot but until the script is actually written, or the motion picture produced, there is no copyright protection. In the case of a game, it is not possible to protect the idea of the game, that is, the way the game is played, but the language in which the rules are written would be protected as a literary work. Copyright is restricted to the expression in a fixed manner (text, recording, drawing) of an idea; it does not extend to the idea itself.
Other items which are not protected by copyright include:
names or slogans;
short phrases and most titles;
methods, such as a method of teaching or sculpting, etc.;
plots or characters; and factual information.
In the case of a magazine article including factual information, it is the expression of the information that is protected, and not the facts.
Facts, ideas and news are all considered part of the public domain, that is, they are everyone's property.
Note too, that you cannot hold a copyright for a work that is in the public domain. You can adapt or translate such a work and have a copyright for your adaptation or translation.
Charlie:
At the risk of pushing this further than need be, perhaps you should read the above information, as I believe it pertains more to the situation than the copyright info you published.
Again, I would ask you what specific property of yours did I copy?
In your first posting on this subject, you did not even name me as the person you believe copied your work. I had to ask you if you were referring to me.
If someone had published a copyrighted work of mine, such as a photo I took, and claimed credit for it, I would most certainly have named him and stated specifically what of mine he had copied.
Now, Charlie, you have provided some great information on fishing to this forum. I think I can speak for everyone here when I say that we all appreciate what you have given to the forum members.
Jim's Fishing Charters
www.JimsFishing.com
http://ca.youtube.com/user/Sushihunter250
When copyright does not apply
Titles, names and short word combinations are usually not protected by copyright. A "work" or other "subject matter" for copyright purposes must be something more substantial. However, if a title is original and distinctive, it is protected as part of the work it relates to.
You may have a brilliant idea for a mystery plot but until the script is actually written, or the motion picture produced, there is no copyright protection. In the case of a game, it is not possible to protect the idea of the game, that is, the way the game is played, but the language in which the rules are written would be protected as a literary work. Copyright is restricted to the expression in a fixed manner (text, recording, drawing) of an idea; it does not extend to the idea itself.
Other items which are not protected by copyright include:
names or slogans;
short phrases and most titles;
methods, such as a method of teaching or sculpting, etc.;
plots or characters; and factual information.
In the case of a magazine article including factual information, it is the expression of the information that is protected, and not the facts.
Facts, ideas and news are all considered part of the public domain, that is, they are everyone's property.
Note too, that you cannot hold a copyright for a work that is in the public domain. You can adapt or translate such a work and have a copyright for your adaptation or translation.
Charlie:
At the risk of pushing this further than need be, perhaps you should read the above information, as I believe it pertains more to the situation than the copyright info you published.
Again, I would ask you what specific property of yours did I copy?
In your first posting on this subject, you did not even name me as the person you believe copied your work. I had to ask you if you were referring to me.
If someone had published a copyrighted work of mine, such as a photo I took, and claimed credit for it, I would most certainly have named him and stated specifically what of mine he had copied.
Now, Charlie, you have provided some great information on fishing to this forum. I think I can speak for everyone here when I say that we all appreciate what you have given to the forum members.
Jim's Fishing Charters
www.JimsFishing.com
http://ca.youtube.com/user/Sushihunter250
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