On 17 Nov 2006 at 1:36, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > Well, a Finale file is a database file, not a computer program, like > > a VB file (or VBA in the case of Word). Data is not copyrightable, > > soI think that it would be a gray area. > > In Adobe v. SSI, Adobe succeeded in persuading the court that the > definitions of the glyphs in a type face met the definition of > "computer program", and as such were eligible for copyright > protection. If glyphs in a typeface constitute a "computer program", > then by the same reasoning, the output from a Finale program would > also be a "computer program".
Arguably, yes, of course. But a font file is not a database file in the same way that a Finale file is (it's a collection of tables with rows and columns that describe objects in the Finale document, with tables related to each other in parent/child relationships -- that's the definition of a relational database file), so I could see an argument in the other direction. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
