Hi, I know it is OT, but anyway (it is not everyday I use my hard earned, but seldomly used degree) ;)
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 at 11:56:09, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: > > That's why people say that lists are not generally copyrightable. > > The way I understand it, if list items are expressive (if it is > > possible to restate them in your own words) then the list is > > copyrightable. Probably not the case for a .reg. If what I remember from when I did my Masters in Business Administration and Commercial Law is correct, then according to the Berne Convention's article 2, section 5 compiled lists can be covered by copyright if the effort in compiling them constitute an intellectual creation. Besides this some countries have a specific rule that covers lists, if they require a substantial investment and/or have a large amount of informations. (I think it is � 71 in the danish copyright law.) > I could easily express each registry change in my own words. Since it > is a set of instructions to the regedit program, I would consider a > .reg file to be more than a simple list. The form a work have dont really matters when it comes to copyright. Regards, Nils -- Nils �stbjerg mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id149&alloc_id�66&op=click _______________________________________________ unattended-info mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/unattended-info
