Comments on: Swede This Film! http://madisonian.net/2008/03/02/swede-this-film/ a blog about law, tech, culture, and related things Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:22:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Frank http://madisonian.net/2008/03/02/swede-this-film/comment-page-1/#comment-240819 Frank Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:51:28 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2008/03/02/swede-this-film/#comment-240819 Swede this vogue!: http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/how-id-sink-american-vogue/ hat tip to Feminist Law Profs. Swede this vogue!:

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/how-id-sink-american-vogue/

hat tip to Feminist Law Profs.

]]> By: Deven http://madisonian.net/2008/03/02/swede-this-film/comment-page-1/#comment-240667 Deven Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:37:32 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2008/03/02/swede-this-film/#comment-240667 Frank looked at the scabulous issue. For those interested the link is http://madisonian.net/archives/2008/01/29/absolutely-scrabulous/ and Bruce Boyden had some insight about the Copyright Act and its application. Frank looked at the scabulous issue. For those interested the link is http://madisonian.net/archives/2008/01/29/absolutely-scrabulous/
and Bruce Boyden had some insight about the Copyright Act and its application.

]]> By: Dave http://madisonian.net/2008/03/02/swede-this-film/comment-page-1/#comment-240452 Dave Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:04:30 +0000 http://madisonian.net/archives/2008/03/02/swede-this-film/#comment-240452 I don't see why the game is copyrighted. The rules of taking turns making a crossword puzzle word-by-word using a variety of letters is idea not expression. Other aspects of the game such as the number of tiles per player or the distribution of tiles are not copyrightable on either originality or merger grounds because they are largely determined by the structure of English words. It seems to me that the game is not copyrightable. The board, on the other hand, is probably is copyrightable, but the board is not the game. Admittedly, they did copy the board... I don’t see why the game is copyrighted. The rules of taking turns making a crossword puzzle word-by-word using a variety of letters is idea not expression. Other aspects of the game such as the number of tiles per player or the distribution of tiles are not copyrightable on either originality or merger grounds because they are largely determined by the structure of English words. It seems to me that the game is not copyrightable.

The board, on the other hand, is probably is copyrightable, but the board is not the game. Admittedly, they did copy the board…

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