> From: Lizard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> I was under the impression that, by definition, you could not > copyright a *system*. There's a very famous case involving an accounting system, and its various forms, which was found to be uncopyrightable on the basis that it was basically just a bunch of rules and forumuli. Sight unseen, I suspect that Weight Watchers would have a tough time asserting a copyright on such a system transposed to caloric intakes. On the other hand, who knows what's embedded in it and what might or might not be copyrightable. And on the gripping hand, perhaps the old caselaw has become so dated that the courts are ready to start applying copyright protection to collections of rules and formuli outside the scope of software. In any event, it's an interesting commentary on the idea that the copyright law's application to "rules" has a scope beyond that of gaming. Ryan _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
