The two sites mentioned below were both constructed using FrontPage,
presumably based on a pre-designed template ("theme"?) supplied
with the software. This is of course becoming very common, so I
don't see that the individual companies have any copyright claim over
the layout - if anyone does it would (in this case) be Micro$oft.
If the software vendors explicitly state that their pre-designed
templates are freely available for use then anyone using that product
to construct their pages can't surely claim copyright protection
for them?
Best wishes,
Adrian
At 10:15 13/04/99 +0100, Ian Usher wrote:
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>Anyway, while the third point is relevant to this discussion, it's the first
>one (concerning layout) that's always bugged me - what's the reality with
>this sort of thing? As an example: have a look at
>http://www.gvsystems.com/home/ and see if it reminds you of
>http://www.elonex.co.uk/ :-) What legal recourse does Elonex have in this
>situation (if any)?
Adrian Tribe <[log in to unmask]>
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