[WikiEN-l] Re: Columbia encyclopedia article titles

[Ray Saintonge]

Michael Snow wrote:

> The phone directories case (Feist v. Rural) is not relevant or helpful 
> to us here. The point there was that telephone listings involve purely 
> a compilation of factual information. The selection of encyclopedia 
> subjects does not--as we should know, it involves considerable 
> editorial judgment. 

They copied more than we would.  They had names AND phone numbers; we're 
satisfied with names only.

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> If we copy titles from Columbia or anywhere else, it's a bad idea. 
> Comparative advertising is a dubious defense, especially since right 
> now it sounds like we're using this much more for internal reference 
> than for outside advertising. 

Internal reference involves less than comparative advertising

> Besides, like all fair use, it depends on the factual situation, and 
> part of the equation is the scope of copying going on. Wholesale 
> copying of article titles is not likely to be fair use under any 
> analysis. 

If it turns out that the list is not copyrightable fair use is moot.

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