On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Roger Smith wrote:
>
> "Compilations and abridgments may also be copyrightable if they
> contain new work of authorship. When the collecting of the
> preexisting material that makes up the compilation is a purely
> mechanical task with no element of editorial selection, or when
> only a few minor deletions constitute an abridgment, copyright
> protection for the compilation or abridgment as a new version is
> not available." [http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ14.pdf]
>
> IANAL so I won't even guess how that applies to mailing lists.
> But I would hope that a moderated mailing list would be protected
> by copyright because it sure doesn't seem to me that it is a
> "purely mechanical task" to moderate and manage my lists.
This is one of the places where the law may have changed
much since I knew anything -- and is apt to go on changing, because
some of those affected support expensive lobbyists. It affects
things like telephone directories, which involve big bucks. There
may be stuff to find under "sweat equity" or "sweat of the brow"
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