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Originally Posted by John F
I was under the impression that once something is "written" it is copyrighted, regardless of a written copyright notice?
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Take a look at the many kerfluffles around computer code. How copyright law applies to computer code and the court decisions around it are more than a little weird.
Say I convert an author supplied Word document into an ePub using Sigil. I modify the stylesheet, add accessibility items, media queries (if needed) and all the other fun bits to make the ebook readable on multiple apps & devices. I can't claim copyright on the ebook—that remains the creator's right Oddly, since it can be easily claimed that the stylesheet(s) in the ePub are derivative, I would have difficulty claiming copyright on them unless I am willing and able to claim that my stylesheets were developed in a clean room environment having never looked at any other stylesheets.