Re: Floating humor...
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Posted by M. Arthur Auslander on April 03, 1999 at 08:30:42:
In Reply to: Floating humor... posted by Stobes on April 02, 1999 at 19:06:52:
: Does anyone know if miscellaneous jokes that everyone : picks up around the office or in their email is : protected by any sort of copyright? In other words, : is it illegal to publish jokes you didn't write, but : that have no definite author? The copyright only protects the mode of expression not the idea. There may be a technical question of copyright infringement in just republishing. I have never researched the point but do not believe that there has been any litigation on repeating a joke pe se. M. Arthur Auslander ELAINE's Workshop: Early Legal Advice Is Not Expensive (sm) Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com
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