Development of Creative Commons licenses

["Dana Powers" <dana.powers AT gmail.com>]

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


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