Re: copyrightable vs. copyrighted (was Re: databases not copyrigh table in the USA)

[Humberto Massa <humberto.massa@almg.gov.br>]

@ 13/05/2004 20:16 : wrote Andrew Suffield :

> The proper terms for what you describe here are "copyright does not
> subsist in this work", where the verb is "subsist" (alternatively
> "copyright protection does not subsist", but even lawyers don't
> usually go that far).
>  
In Portuguese-Legalese the expression is "estar protegido pelos direitos 
autorais" == "to be protected by author's rights".

> > It may, however, be
> > copyrightable, i.e. if another entity had created it, this entity
> >    
> would
>  
>
> > have had the copyright w.r.t. the work.
> >    
>
> This one isn't a word either. I don't think there is a formal name for
> this one, as it's not very interesting.
>
>  
copyright-protected would be a (lengthy, but not ugly) compound term.

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