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Originally Posted by JeremyR

Actually though, a list is something you can't copyright in the US.

http://www.csga.com/copyright/lists.php

But (from the link):

The definition would include lists or tables taken from public documents or other common sources.

So the grocery list might still be copyrighted by its creator... I think. But I doubt that the legislators really intended it. Sometimes they forget that laws are the program code for society.