[eu-gene] Psst...Wanna Buy an Algorithm? (Working Title)

[alex]

Hi Rob,

On Sat, 2005-10-15 at 19:31 +0100, Rob Myers wrote:
> That said, copyright applies to work with a *fixed* form. I'm not  
> sure an algorithmic "improvisation"  would qualify for copyright.

Who or what is improvising in this case?

> A  
> recording of the algorithm's output would. The difference is not  
> recording, the difference is fixed form. Dance has similar problems.
> The copyright on the code is a separate issue from the copyright on  
> the output.

Sure, but isn't it the same separate issue between rights over a piece
of music in written form, and rights over a recording of a performance
of it?

> As an aside, the England & Wales copyright act of 1988 had specific  
> provisions for "computer generated work". It got less copyright. I  
> don't know if more recent law has changed this.

That's interesting, I wonder why that happened?

alex