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Disparity In Copyright Protection: Focus On The Finished Image Ignores The Art In The Details , Karen D. Williams Oct 2008

Disparity In Copyright Protection: Focus On The Finished Image Ignores The Art In The Details , Karen D. Williams

American University Law Review

Courts initial reactions play a major role in the assessment of copyright protection. A quick recognition of pictorial quality can result in an easy finding of originality. Based upon the extremely low threshold, such a quick summation is not surprising or necessarily refutable. However, the blanket assumption of a pictorial quality in photography creates a disparity in copyright protection for works of graphic design, like maps, which may not emit that immediate pictorial or aesthetic quality but may still employ creative choice. Those works that “scream” their pictorial nature get cursory review while the more subtle are being categorized as …


Privileged Use: Has Judge Boudin Suggested A Viable Means Of Copyright Protection For The Nonliteral Aspects Of Computer Software In Lotus Development Corp.V. Borland International , David M. Maiorana Oct 1996

Privileged Use: Has Judge Boudin Suggested A Viable Means Of Copyright Protection For The Nonliteral Aspects Of Computer Software In Lotus Development Corp.V. Borland International , David M. Maiorana

American University Law Review

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Does A Song By Any Other Name Still Sound As Sweet: Digital Sampling And Its Copyright Implications, Randy S. Kravis Jan 1993

Does A Song By Any Other Name Still Sound As Sweet: Digital Sampling And Its Copyright Implications, Randy S. Kravis

American University Law Review

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