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Authored by: Ian Al on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 11:18 AM EDT |
9. Dr. Mitchell noted that rangeCheck was a "useful" component
of
the library it was in, and that there was some "subtlety" to the code.
Bloch
himself admits "the code is reasonably complex as its
stands."
The expressions 'useful', 'subtlety' and 'reasonably
complex' all refer to the ideas behind the code and not the creative expression
in the file.
There was that famous quote from a well-respected judge -
now, what was it? Oh yes, something like 'you are seriously overreaching if you
are claiming that you can protect the ideas in the file with
copyright'.
--- Regards
Ian Al
Software Patents: It's the disclosed functions in the patent, stupid! [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, May 17 2012 @ 12:44 PM EDT |
>One sentence out of a novel is copied. Would you expect an nfringement
complaint to have any validity?
I wouldn't, but there was a case a couple of decades ago where the court
ruled yes. Don't remember the book in question. That is how forgetable the
original content and infringed content were. (Possibly a presidential
memoir.)[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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