Robert Cumbow <cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com> wrote:
>
> Dan Agin <specpress[_at_]earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > News is not protected, only the expression of news is protected.
>
> This statement is true only in copyright analysis. The common law
> tort of misappropriation is alive, if not entirely well, in many
> jurisdictions.
How does that square with the preemption clause of the copyright law assuming that the tort is based on a state right?
John Lederer
<johnl[_at_]ibm.net>
Received on Tue May 27 1997 - 16:52:54 GMT
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