Re: US Supreme Ct "Feist" Decision

From: <stec[_at_]bytelaw.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 95 06:06 CDT

It is at:

Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., Inc. 499 U.S. 340 (1991) March 27, 1991

or

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/classics/499_340v.htm

jms

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On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, "Ron B. Thomson" <thomson[_at_]epas.utoronto.ca> wrote:
>
> As a non-American, I am not familiar with the "Feist" decision
> concerning ancient/medieval texts published in print. I have now run
> up against a firm planning to use excerpts from our books. Can someone
> supply me with a date/reference for this decision, and any short
> analysis of its meaning and any limitations.
>
> This is also of interest to our European partners/distributors who
> may run up against similar problems over the texts they publish.
>
>
> Ron B. Thomson
> Director of Publications
> Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
> Toronto, Canada M5S 2C4
> phone: 416-926-7143 fax: 416-926-7258
> thomson[_at_]epas.utoronto.ca
Received on Thu Oct 26 1995 - 11:10:29 GMT