The summary is also copyrighted by the author, but it is a different copyright than the book. Probably also a bit thinner copyright than the book. Mere collecti

The summary is also copyrighted by the author, but it is a different copyright than the book. Probably also a bit thinner copyright than the book. Mere collections (notably, an alphabetized ordering of name and corresponding telephone number) is effectively not copyrighted, since it requires no creativity. A summary, though, requires quite a bit of creativity: what to emphasize, how to compress the ideas and arguments into a concise statement, etc.