Copyright/Patent

Question 1

a) Copyrights protect:

Answer 1

expression of ideas w/in specific context/structure (not words/ideas themselves)

Question 2

b) Holmes v Hurst:

Answer 2

since mag chapters weren’t CR’d, ∆ allowed to aggregate them into book even if book was CR’d

i) IP is dif from other types of prop because the right expires
(1) Want to encourage building on previous ideas to create new ones (free market/ competition)
(2) But if you don’t initially protect idea, people won’t have much of an incentive to create