[Commons-l] Models, toys, and other objects can be copyrighted

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> I still don't see why a car or an I-pod is any less copyrightable than
> an action figure.  A generic computer, perhaps, because its look is
> purely functional.  But even then, I'm sure the design of the I-mac is
> copyrighted - a lot of creative work went into making the I-mac *look
> good*.

The reason is the concept of "character copyright". Google for it. On a
first glance, I found this to be interesting:
http://www.ivanhoffman.com/jointauthors.html (about half way down).

Regards
-- Daniel

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