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> The layout of a book of codes, for sure, but the information in it Are you talking about copyright here? It sounds more like design protection. Wouldn't the
by philipallstar 1y ago
> The layout of a book of codes, for sure, but the information in it
Are you talking about copyright here? It sounds more like design protection.
Wouldn't the book be as copyrightable as any other non-fiction work?
- adriand 1y agoNo - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications%2C_Inc._v._Rural_Telephone_Service_Co https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications%2C_Inc._v._....
- pbhjpbhj 1y agoThe work I know of, I'm not in USA only have an interest in copyright laws in general, is Feist v Rural Telephone (1991) -- which appears to mirror codes for health procedures quite closely; but not exactly. There's old but more recent law from Practice Management v AMA (1997) supporting that AMA's codes can't be copyrightable as they're part of legislation. Berne's Art 2(8), to which USA are signed, related to non-copyright of facts. I'm afraid I'm not appraised of the full situation, however.