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From the headline, I thought Trump was repealing automatic copyright, This is a relief!
Oh good. A chance to share one of my favorite quotes from a legal opinion.
The standard of originality is low, but it does exist. … [T]he Constitution mandates some minimal degree of creativity … and an author who claims infringement must prove “the existence of . . . intellectual production, of thought, and conception.” Burrow-Giles.
- Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the U.S. Supreme Court majority opinion on the copyright infringement case Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 U.S. 340 (1991)[pdf].