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Technical Q: Copyright expressions of ideas, but not ideas?


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Posted by Kevin Milans on June 16, 2000 at 18:25:54:

It seems to be a common theme that copyright cannot be
applied to an idea, but only rather to an expression
of an idea.

However, isn't an expression of an idea itself just
another idea?

For example, let's say I happen upon the idea that
lawyers, generally speaking, are amazingly good
looking. Next, I write my bestselling "Why your
Lawyer is more Attractive than you are" (huge hit
in the legal community). But aren't the words of my
text an idea? Surely, there are many words I
might have chosen and my particular choice of words
is itself an idea.

Am I missing? Where is the boundary between idea and
expression of idea?

Thanks!


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