>>>>> "Nico" == Nico Williams <nico@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Nico> Doesn't a filled-in template stop being a template? Can't Nico> there be two claims made, one about the template itself, and Nico> one about filled-in templates? Surely we might want to make Nico> strong copyright claims about empty templates while allowing Nico> some other entity (the submitter perhaps, or the recipient of Nico> a filled-in template) to claim copyrights on filled-in Nico> templates? I've explained why I think that claims on empty templates are really bad. Imagine writing a free software application to assist someone in filling in a template.