Talk:Merger doctrine (copyright law)

The topic Merger Doctrine - Copyright Law redirects to Idea/Expression. Someone with a more complete education on the subject matter than I have should clarify this topic. "Merger Doctrine" redirecting to the Idea/Expression dichotomy page implies synonymous nature. However, the Merger Doctrine, as I understand it, relies most often not on Baker v. Selden, the case correctly cited as introducing the Idea/Expression distinction, but on Morrissey v. Proctor & Gamble (some 87 years later). This later doctrine doesn't so much distinguish between idea and expression and the protection afforded via copyright, rather it addresses the difficulty of affording any protection when the idea and expression merge to such an extent that only a finite range of possibilities exist by which the idea may reach expression.