Georgia v. Public Resource Org Inc Archives

1 May 2020 |

SCOTUS Opinion: Annotations of State Law Are Not Entitled to Copyright Protection

The Official Code of Georgia Annotated consists of the text of all of Georgia’s laws plus a set of non-binding annotations with summaries of opinions regarding each statute issued by the courts or the state attorney general. The annotations were drafted by a private company under contract with Georgia’s Code Revision Commission, which controlled the product in exacting detail. The ... Read More

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