HR 3261: What about jokes? [LWN.net]

HR 3261: What about jokes?

Posted Jan 29, 2004 14:08 UTC (Thu) by zmi (subscriber, #4829)
Parent article: HR 3261 and the ownership of facts

Oh yes, I'll make a collection of jokes available in a database, and will
sue everybody who tells or writes that jokes somewhere. That's the end of
all comedians in the U.S., except if they buy a licence from me (even when
it's their own jokes).

"soon very rich" mike

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HR 3261: What about jokes?

Posted Feb 4, 2004 9:34 UTC (Wed) by ajk (subscriber, #6607) [Link]

As has been repeatedly mentioned here, individual jokes are not protected by database copyright, only the collection itself.