[WikiEN-l] Plot Element Copyright

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 9/17/2008 3:59:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time,  
WJhonson at aol.com writes:

Copyright protection affords the author of a work a way to prevent  others  
from profiting off their work in a form substantially similar  to the 
underlying  
work.  When there were only a few forms of  tangible media, this wasn't an  
issue.>>
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That paragraph was formed too quickly.
What I meant to say was that "When there were only a few forms of tangible  
media, the concept of what "substantially similar" means wasn't *as much of* an 
 issue.  A book is a book.  A phamplet is a phamplet.  You didn't  have 
people reading books on audio tapes, or making movies out of books (or vice  versa).



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