Simon Spero wrote:
>
> It's not just an argumentation style - it's the law :-)
>
> Numbers qua numbers are not copyrightable where those numbers are not
> creative expressions. See Bender v. West Pub. (
> http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-2nd-circuit/1274699.html ); the issue
> also is also disposed of in Feist itself.
> (01)
Put another way, numeric identifiers and numbers are two different kinds
of things whose instances happen to use the same character set. It is a
common mistake to confuse them. (02)
-Ed (03)
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