On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, you wrote: > In any event, U.S. law at least acknowledges the concept of a > "collection copyright." To cite another example: M$ claims copyright > for Windows, even though significant parts of Windows are copyrighted > at least in part by others (Intel [Defrag], UC-Berkeley [TCP/IP > networking commands], etc.) So I think we are well within our rights > to claim copyright over our work, which is in assembling and > maintaining the distribution as a whole. >
Chris is right. Specifically, Section 102 of the U.S. Copyright act defines a compilation as: "...a work formed by the collection and assembling of preexisting materials or of data that is selected, coordinated, or arranged in such a way that the resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of authorship..." Ronald L. Chichester Frohwitter [EMAIL PROTECTED] 713-621-0703 (voice) 713-622-1624 (facsimile)
