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Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not copyrightable [pdf]

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Re: Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not copyrightable [pdf]

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this is a huge win - although it's interesting that Ginsburg and some other "liberal" judges seem to side with Georgia in saying that the state should be able to put the law of the land behind a pay wall.

That dissent refers to "non-binding annotations" which are more like the opinions of the law-makers, hence not part of their duties because they are not law.

Re: Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not copyrightable [pdf]

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post #4

this is a huge win - although it's interesting that Ginsburg and some other "liberal" judges seem to side with Georgia in saying that the state should be able to put the law of the land behind a pay wall.

In case someone sees '5-4' and assumes the standard Republican vs Democractic appointee divide, this is definitely not what happened. Might be a case where one should read the various justices' opinions before deciding how they feel about the case.
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