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Old Thu Feb 27, 2020, 11:44am
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Originally Posted by Robert Goodman View Post
No. The words of the rules themselves are not their property. I had this confirmed by an intellectual property lawyer and looked up the case law. But all you have to do is a text comparison with OBR, and you'll see there's nowhere near enough original material to get copyright protection.

The photos, the ads, the commentary at the beginning and end of the book -- those are Fed's property. But the rules themselves? They'd get laughed out of court.
Sure you did. I'm not saying I don't believe you but....no, that's exactly what I'm saying.
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