[cc-licenses] Regarding SA and "strong copyleft" question

Dana Powers dana.powers at gmail.com
Thu Mar 8 16:13:20 EST 2007


On 3/2/07, drew Roberts <zotz at 100jamz.com> wrote:

> Otherwise, where in law is the difference between a collection and
> non-collection spelled out. After all, a book is generally a collection of
> chapters. A chapter a collection of paragraphs. A paragraph a collection
> of
> words. A word a collection of letters. Are we gonna display a page and
> then
> have a copyright table saying letters 1,5,11 are BY-SA, letters 21,56,75
> are
> BY, words 6, 25-60 are BY-SA, words 70-95 are BY, everything else on the
> page
> is ARR?
>
> I know that is stupid, but can someone who knows tell me where the boundry
> is
> legally and how it would be determined?



Here in the U.S., it is sometimes helpful to look at what Congress says:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000101----000-.html

and what the Supreme Court says:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/499_US_340.htm


dp
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