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General Public v. U.S. Supreme Court |
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Re: General Public v. U.S. Supreme Court (Score: 0) by Anonymous (Name Withheld on Advice of Counsel) on Friday, October 18 @ 22:34:50 EDT | Access is of course a major issue here, but what about copyright? If there were to be a leak of a transcript could Alderson claim copyright? I think if copyright rests anywhere it is with the Lessig brief and the oral argument it could be argued is a derivative. Surely Lessig intended to inject any proprietary expression into the public domain. But I highly doubt he could be said to have granted an implied non-exclusive license to a for profit company. Obviously if you buy a transcript you probably agree by contract not to reproduce, but what about third-parties outside of privity of the contract?
Is the oral argument even copyrightable subject matter? Is it considered a federal document? Alderson's fixation certainly doesn't seem to meet the originality requirement. Interesting issues inside of interesting issues. |
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