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How is this copyrightable? #169

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rsterbal opened this issue Mar 27, 2023 · 1 comment

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rsterbal commented Mar 27, 2023

Great work here but how is this list copyrightable?

https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html#:~:text=A%20mere%20listing%20of%20ingredients,a%20basis%20for%20copyright%20protection.

https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ33.pdf

https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/10670/copyrightablity-of-word-lists#:~:text=Under%20US%20law%2C%20a%20list,original%20content%2C%20cannot%20be%20copyrighted.

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nelsonic commented Mar 28, 2023

Hi @rsterbal a list of words is not really copyrightable ...
If there were definitions attached then it could be copyrightable.

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