[WikiEN-l] Copyright question

[David Gerard]

On 03/04/07, Sam Blacketer <sam.blacketer at googlemail.com> wrote:

> The Stanford guide to Copyright and fair use is clear:
> http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter0/0-a.html#1
> "the work must be original -- that is, independently created by the
> author. It doesn't matter if an author's creation is similar to
> existing works, or even if it is arguably lacking in quality,
> ingenuity or aesthetic merit. So long as the author toils without
> copying from someone else, the results are protected by copyright.


So ... book chapter titles? Episode titles? A list of serial titles?
No-one seriously argued these be scoured from Wikipedia as imminent
dangers.


- d.