copyright
- From: Jeff & Paulina Miner <booksetc@[redacted]>
- Subject: copyright
- Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 07:22:18 -0500
I suspect that this is an old question. Perhaps I missed it. There are
people on the web who are publishing out-of-copyright works to the web who
nevertheless attach a "copyright" notice to it. They are attempting to
copyright the HTML coding. I realize that proofing and coding take a lot of
time -- but isn't that analagous to attempting to copyright the typesetting
of a book? I suppose that if a book, or even a website were exceptionally
beautifully illustrated (so that it constituted an art work in and of
itself) or if the redactor/editor added some substantial new material (an
introduction or notes), then the "work" (i.e. the new material) would
deserve a copyright notice. But HTML coding (I believe) does not deserve
such a notice.
Also, I saw a web page that announced that the "look and feel" of it was
copyright. How can one copyright a "look and feel" of a website?
Sincerely,
Jeff and Paulina Miner