Re: I heart, You heart, We all heart

From: Kragen Sitaker (kragen@pobox.com)
Date: Mon May 08 2000 - 10:26:07 PDT

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Tom Sweetnam writes:
> So I'm just wondering today, in the wake of this latest virus massacre, =
> why I didn't think about applying for a copyright on the phrase "I heart =
> you" a long time ago.

Under US copyright law, words and short phrases are not copyrightable.
If they were, the result would be an unthinkable travesty of free
speech.

I don't think any country would allow you to copyright a three-word
phrase.

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