Are contracts copyrighted?

[Derleth]

In countries that have implemented the Berne Convention, are contracts protected under copyright?

[Derleth]

OK, I misread.

[Giles]

As a non-lawyer, I would guess that it's a question of how "original" the contract is, just as with any other kind of written document.

[Walloon]

Under U.S. copyright law, forms cannot be copyrighted, so a "standardized" contract form would not be copyrightable. Even filled in, contracts contain mostly facts and information, expressed in common legalese.