Re: [dvd-discuss] OT: Copyright on ingredient list?

[John Galt <galt(at)inconnu.isu.edu>]

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http://www.guerrillanews.com/cocakarma/

Basically, Coke copyrights it's packaging materials, or tries to.

On Fri, 31 May 2002, Kroll, Dave wrote:

>Sort of offtopic, but it’s amazing how the more of this you pay attention
>to, the more you see.
>
>I was drinking a can of Diet Coke® yesterday, and noticed that “near” the
>ingredient list was a copyright notice.  (©1997).  It was perpendicular to
>the ingredients, so may not have been referring to them, but that’s what it
>seemed to be notifying.  My can of Pepsi®, on the other hand, had some
>trademark notices, but no copyright notice. 
>
>I wonder what Coke is trying to protect, and why they are bothering.  If I
>were to manufacture a cola with the same ranking of ingredients (and
>therefore the same ingredient list), would they try to sue me for
>infringement?  Or do I have to invoke a fair use defense in order to state,
>“Diet Coke contains Aspartame”?  Bizarre.
>
>
>David Kroll 
>

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Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a
damn.
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