To the editor:

On Sunday, you ran an article describing author Ray Bradbury’s disfavor with the title of Michael Moore’s movie “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Bradbury is truly an American literary icon, and he deserves our respect and consideration.

But a journalistically sound story of his disagreement with Moore’s film’s title should have included at least a mention of a basic principle of copyright law: The titles of copyrighted works are not protected by copyright.

A quick visit to the Web site of the U.S. Copyright Office at www.copyright.gov could have prevented you from merely parroting an article that’s obviously part of the media campaign to discredit Moore’s film before millions of Americans go see it later this week.

Mike Cuenca,

Lawrence