Re: Legal briefs, pleadings and Memoranda.

Of course "public records" can be copyrighted; ask any architect.

Micah Stolowitz
<micah[_at_]techlaw.com>

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> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 18:12:33 -0500
> From: "Lemley, Mark" <mlemley[_at_]msmail.law.utexas.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org>
> Subject: RE: Legal briefs, pleadings and Memoranda.
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> >From: cni-copyright
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> >Subject: RE: Legal briefs, pleadings and Memoranda.
> >Date: Fri, Nov 18, 1994 11:56AM
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> >Buford Terrell writes:
> >
> >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 Sat Nov 19 1994 - 00:37:41 GMT