tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post7272107013920404722..comments2023-11-13T04:55:40.769-05:00Comments on Tuttle SVC: Teaching Schools to Act in the Corporate InterestTom Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08577165613934129833noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719550.post-30586520500193003052008-01-24T03:08:00.000-05:002008-01-24T03:08:00.000-05:00From Becker's site:"Copyright doesn't protect idea...From Becker's <A HREF="http://beckercopyright.com/id13.html" REL="nofollow">site</A>:<BR/><BR/>"Copyright doesn't protect ideas, but does protect the format in which the idea is expressed. [...] Changing formats is creating a derivative work in another form."<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.html" REL="nofollow">US Copyright Office</A> (emphasis mine):<BR/><BR/>"To be copyrightable, a derivative work must be different enough from the original to be regarded as a "new work" or must contain a substantial amount of new material. Making minor changes or additions of little substance to a preexisting work will not qualify the work as a new version for copyright purposes. The new material must be original and copyrightable in itself. Titles, short phrases, <B>and format</B>, for example, are not copyrightable."Gnuospherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13242430566758242991noreply@blogger.com