On Sun, 4 Apr 2004, Russ Hunt wrote:

>I'm sure they won't, and I think Stan Ryckman's right that this is
>about trademark, not copyright.
>
>> In this case, it remains to be seen whether or not the court will
>> allow Trump to copyright the phrase "you're fired" or even trademark
>> that phrase.
>
>The reason I raised it was to question the assertion that anything
>finally stated is copyright: I heard someone from the Columbia Law
>Library talking about copyright law at a conference last fall, and the
>gist of what he said was that we all tend to drastically overestimate
>what can be, or is, copyright.

Yup, and I also think many of us are guilty of overestimating the
value of our written words, but in the case that gave rise to this
discussion, I think it is important to have an attorney craft a
well written disclaimer for the list.