On 9/13/2013 10:08 PM, Greg McKenzie wrote:
Kalia asked:
If Taco Bell can get legal protection for
rearrangements of the same 6
ingredients in new orders, why not contra dances?
I am not a lawyer either but I suspect that Taco Bell could receive
protection for the name of the dish, their advertising slogan,
descriptions, and photos of the dish. They might even get protection for
the artistic "look" of the dish. They surely could not copyright a list of
the ingredients nor the recipe for assembling them.
Probably so :>)
As to attribution of a dance, I like to announce who wrote a dance
partly to honor the person who put the work into it, but also so that
folks who are paying attention can realize whose dances they
particularly enjoy.
Kalia