Crane v. Olcott

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[C]opyright protection extends only to a particular expression of an idea, and not to the idea itself.”
• in determining substantial similarity, courts are “guided by comparing the ‘total concept and feel’ of the contested works”
• “Simply because a work is copyrighted does not mean every element of that work is protected.”
• “Simply because a work is copyrighted does not mean every element of that work is protected.”
• “[A]n element within a work may be unprotectible even if other elements, or the work as a whole, warrant protection.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).