RE: Legal briefs, pleadings and Memoranda.

From: Lemley, Mark <mlemley[_at_]msmail.law.utexas.edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 15:17:00 CST

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>From: cni-copyright
>To: Multiple recipients of list
>Subject: RE: Legal briefs, pleadings and Memoranda.
>Date: Fri, Nov 18, 1994 11:56AM
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>Buford Terrell writes:
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>Are briefs filed in court any different from other pleadings which
>are (I think) public records and therefore part of the public domain?

Can't something be a "public record" and still be copyrightable? Surely Acuff-Rose didn't lose the rights to their song lyrics by virtue of being sued by 2 Live Crew.

Mark Lemley
Assistant Professor
University of Texas School of Law
mlemley[_at_]msmail.law.utexas.edu Received on Fri Nov 18 1994 - 21:25:51 GMT