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A literary work - copyright act

  • 20-09-2012 1:23pm
    #1
    Carawaystick
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    Where might one find some definitions of a literary work? Wondering about the minimum size of a work to be eligible?
    Would this post qualify?
    Would more substantial posts qualify? i.e. 100words+


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  • #2
    littlemac1980
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    Carawaystick wrote: »
    Where might one find some definitions of a literary work? Wondering about the minimum size of a work to be eligible?
    Would this post qualify?
    Would more substantial posts qualify? i.e. 100words+

    oops!


  • #3
    NoQuarter
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    Carawaystick wrote: »
    Where might one find some definitions of a literary work? Wondering about the minimum size of a work to be eligible?
    Would this post qualify?
    Would more substantial posts qualify? i.e. 100words+

    Well, the Copyright Act is a great place to start!

    http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0028/index.html

    Note the definition is sec2 .

    About what qualifies: there are a few requirements. Look up "originality in copyright law". Im too lazy to explain today, sorry.


  • #4
    Carawaystick
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    I started with the act, a literary work and a work are poorly defined
    a computer program is a work


    print("A Literary Work")

    is a valid Python computer program.
    I guess I need to figure out how judges have defined intellectual creation


  • #5
    NoQuarter
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    Not poorly defined. Broadly defined rather.

    The real question you need to research is what you have to do to establish copyright in any work, dont focus on "what a literary work is" but rather "what does one have to do to gain copyright on any work".

    There is a lot of case law but it usually involves anything with some skill and labour. If you are looking to find an exact definition of how little work would qualify as a literary work you wont really.


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