From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Q: What do you call two MDs who travel back in time to cure pivotal figures and protect the timeline?
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:32:20 -0400
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Colleen Cahill" <ccah at earthlink.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:27 PM
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Q: What do you call two MDs who travel back in time to cure pivotal figures and protect the timeline?

> List can go either way for Copyright.  If you have a recipe, the list of
> ingredients by themselves cannot be copyright, they need "substantial
> literary expression in the form of an explanation or directions, or when
> there is a collection of recipes as in a cookbook, there may be a basis
for
> copyright protection."  If you have a book that has nothing but titles,
the
> entry is Copyrighted, but the not the individual titles: that would be
like
> trying to copyright a phrase.  You can, however, Trademark a name or
phrase.
>
> The stars list is actually address on the Copyright site:
> Can I get a star named after me and claim copyright to it?
> No. There is a lot misunderstanding about this. Names are not protected
by
> copyright. Publishers of publications such as a star registry may
register
> a claim to copyright in the text of the volume [or book] containing the
> names the registry has assigned to stars, and perhaps the compilation of
> data; but such a registration would not extend protection to any of the
> individual star names appearing therein. For further information on
> copyright protection and names. See,
> <http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ34.html>Circular 34, Copyright
> Protection Not Available for Names, Titles, or Short Phrases

Actually, those "star registries" are complete scams.

--Ted White