Manuel Fortin
Level 6 Valued Member
OK, this got me interested in what the law exactly has to say, at least in the US. Interestingly, people tried in the past to copyright exercise routines, the exact sequence of movements. An original dance choreography can be copyrighted, and people tried to do the same with an exercise sequence, just like the program we have been discussing. However, this did not fly. For more reading:
Copyright Laws on Exercise Routines
New policy limits copyright protection for dance steps, exercise routines
https://ipspotlight.com/2012/06/25/...protection-for-dance-steps-exercise-routines/
@MikeTheBear I meant that you did not need to commit copyright infringement to basically tell everyone that the program is about. Once you say what the program is about in a non-copyright infringing way, the program becomes obvious to reconstruct. The use of obvious here maybe created more confusion than it helped.
As to "what is the right thing to do", as opposed to the legal question, it's a very complex question and we could spend the next year debating it. The right answer is probably whatever the moderator thinks is right, for the purpose of this forum.
Copyright Laws on Exercise Routines
New policy limits copyright protection for dance steps, exercise routines
https://ipspotlight.com/2012/06/25/...protection-for-dance-steps-exercise-routines/
@MikeTheBear I meant that you did not need to commit copyright infringement to basically tell everyone that the program is about. Once you say what the program is about in a non-copyright infringing way, the program becomes obvious to reconstruct. The use of obvious here maybe created more confusion than it helped.
As to "what is the right thing to do", as opposed to the legal question, it's a very complex question and we could spend the next year debating it. The right answer is probably whatever the moderator thinks is right, for the purpose of this forum.