"LISTSERV list owners' forum" <[log in to unmask]> wrote on 04/04/2004 09:56:49 PM: > This simply can't be right. > > > In the U. S., something is copyright when it is fixed in tangible, > > permanent form. > > So how come Donald Trump is trying to copyright the phrase "you're > fired"? > Well, it is fixed in the form of video recordings that were subsequently broadcast on TV. But I think he'll have trouble suing anyone for using it. It's been used before, and it shouldn't be hard to document prior use in many forms. Didn't the widow of one of the 9/11 passengers try to copyright "Let's roll"? I wonder how far that went. Not exactly the first time that line was ever used... I'm not a lawyer, but I used to work for some, including some Intellectual Property types.