On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Lawrence Rosen wrote:
> As in real life, in copyright law size isn't
everything; in fact it's not
> much. A haiku containing 17 syllables in the pattern
5-7-5 would be
> copyrightable subject matter under 17 USC 102(a), but
the same number of
> syllables in a cake recipe probably wouldn't under 17
USC 102(b). ["Preheat
> the oven. Be sure to grease the cake pans. Pour batter
in pans."] Perhaps
> these 17 syllables are copyrightable in the context of
*this* email simply
> because it is intended to be a haiku and not really a
cake recipe?
The difference is that a haiku is supposed to reference a
season; a
recipe, a seasoning.
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