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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