[Steven Avery]

Hi folks,

Originally Posted by Diligent

Copyright is not for layout but for creative content.

Brandon, I think you are mistaken on this.

The reason a Hong Kong publisher violates copyright is often precisely a layout infringement. They simply buy an American copy and seek to copy page by page and it is infringement even if the creative writing is off copyright. Concepts like layout and "look and feel" and such come up in copyright cases frequently. The Elisha Quimron case with the DSS was a layout oriented case. Computer data format of a Bible and other books is "layout" and very much protected.

http://www.copyright.monash.edu.au/tips-students.html
published editions of works (eg while authors have copyright in text of their books publishers have copyright in the typographical layout of books)

And if you are a self-publisher, you have the copyright protection.

I agree that filing for protection is often a waste, just for the lawyers. Simply keep careful records of what you published, where and when and how.

Shalom,
Steven