SCOTUS to rule on copyright protection for annotated legal texts
The US Supreme Court ( SCOTUS) is to decide whether states can hold copyright protection on annotated codes of law, in the case Georgia v Public.Resource.Org.
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12 June 2020 B. Brett Heavner of Finnegan explores the implications of the US Supreme Court’s Georgia v Public.Resource.Org ruling for US states and their legal codes.
27 July 2015 The US state of Georgia has sued a political activist for copyright infringement after he allegedly uploaded and distributed copies of its annotated laws online.
28 April 2020 State bodies and legislators cannot own the copyright to any works produced in the course of their official duties as lawmakers, the US Supreme Court has ruled.
