according to the U.S. Copyright Office, this actually cannot be copyrighted, unless I am reading it incorrectly.
U.S. Copyright Office
It says:
Quote:
WHAT IS NOT PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT?
Works consisting entirely of information that is common property and containing no original authorship (for example: standard calendars, height and weight charts, tape measures and rulers, and lists or tables taken from public documents or other common sources)
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http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wnp
There is other key elements there mentioning designs and/or slogans, ideas, and so on...
From what it looks like, it doesn't appear there is any legal grounds of Copyright infringment pertaining to online forums sold out of Jelsoft using designs and ideas already made.
11-30-2002, 06:08 PM
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