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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by billfruit on Thursday October 08, 2020 @10:21PM (#24726105)
Are anthologies of poems copy writable? I thought not.
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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by nobody9999 on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:55AM (#24726955)
>Are anthologies of poems copy writable? I thought not.

Then you thought wrong[0]. While the poems themselves may be copyrighted by others, the editor (presumably getting license/permission from copyright holders of said poems) organizes the poems in the anthology. The resulting work is copyrightable in its own right.

Check out the link below and the copyrights on each anthology.

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/03/top-10-poetry-...

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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by andrewjl on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:37AM (#24727161)
Different from this case, anthologies imply curation which is a legitimately creative act.
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Re:Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster... by please-reread on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:50AM (#24727214)
"copy writable" ?

what does writability has to do with anything?

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