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Copyright is not just about copying it is centrally about controlling copies of creative works. A table of contents is not creative, it is a simple listing of
by Amadou 13y ago
Copyright is not just about copying it is centrally about controlling copies of creative works. A table of contents is not creative, it is a simple listing of facts. Just like a phonebook or sports scores.
The question here is if a playlist is a creative work. I think it is - picking and ordering songs to create a larger work designed to illicit a response from the listener seems to be more than the dry recording of facts.
I am fairly anti-copyright in general and I think that this case illustrates a problem with modern copyright. Most people won't feel that such a small thing as a playlist deserves copyright protection because it is small, not because it lacks creativity. As far as I know, the law does not make such exceptions for "small" infringements.
- warfangle 13y agoHmm. Can an art gallery copyright the organization of art on their wall? What if it increases their revenue, and is an inherently creative act? If someone bought a bunch of prints of the same art, tacked it to some dry wall in the same layout and sold it at a flea market -- would it be copyright infringement? If they blatantly copy the name of the gallery as well, I'd argue it as trademark infringement -- not copyright infringement. But again, this is the UK. I'm only lay-familiar with US copyright. Some would argue the Java API took an immense amount of creativity to build. Doesn't mean it's copyrightable. Some would argue that a cake is a cake is a cake, others that it takes a great amount of creativity to create a truly amazing cake recipe. Still doesn't mean you can copyright a recipe. Just because creativity is involved doesn't make something inherently copyrightable.