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Originally Posted by EricDP
Interesting that I can do a five minute performance and have the ability to record it and control it via copyright, but I can't copyright the hundred+ hours of work spent laying out an eBook. My layout is my artistic interpretation of how the book should be seen and I should be able to control how it's used (including having the right to say you cannot apply DRM to my layout or any derivatives of it and you cannot profit from it).  |
It depends where you live. EU law would grant you a "typographical copyright" for your work. This lasts for 25 years from the date of initial publication. I understand that US copyright law does not have the concept of typographical copyright.