Demaestro - 9:10 pm on Dec 4, 2007 (gmt 0)

You'll note that the Copyright Office document specifically refers to protection of "a computer program that establishes the format of text and graphics on the computer screen when a website is viewed (such as a program written in html)."

You are confusing two things HTML is not a computer program.... the computer program that ""establishes the format of text and graphics on the computer screen when a website is viewed""... is actually what FireFox does and what IE, Safari and other browsers do... those programs are what they are talking about. The HTML defines the layout.. the program that renders it is the computer program.