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Book Problem Rollouts Project

Posted By: lenny
Date: Friday, 12 September 2008, at 3:55 a.m.

In Response To: Book Problem Rollouts Project (Matt Cohn-Geier)

"Although a compilation of facts may possess the requisite originality because the author typically chooses which facts to include, in what order to place them, and how to arrange the data so that readers may use them effectively, copyright protection extends only to those components of the work that are original to the author, not to the facts themselves. This fact/expression dichotomy severely limits the scope of protection in fact-based works. Pp. 344-351."

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=499&page=340

Just don't "pass off", or even "reverse pass off", the origin of the positions, because of the Lanham Act.

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• Book Problem Rollouts Project
  Stick -- Thursday, 11 September 2008, at 7:02 p.m.
  • Book Problem Rollouts Project
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 11 September 2008, at 7:34 p.m.
    • Book Problem Rollouts Project
      Stick -- Thursday, 11 September 2008, at 7:48 p.m.
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        David Rockwell -- Thursday, 11 September 2008, at 10:26 p.m.
        • Book Problem Rollouts Project
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 11 September 2008, at 10:36 p.m.
          • Book Problem Rollouts Project
            lenny -- Friday, 12 September 2008, at 3:55 a.m.
            • Book Problem Rollouts Project
              Marty Storer -- Friday, 12 September 2008, at 1:58 p.m.
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                Marty Storer -- Friday, 12 September 2008, at 1:59 p.m.
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    Philippe Michel -- Thursday, 11 September 2008, at 8:45 p.m.
    • Book Problem Rollouts Project
      Stick -- Thursday, 11 September 2008, at 8:58 p.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 12 September 2008, at 4:24 p.m.