Georgia v. Public Resource.Org, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Roberts
*1503 The Copyright Act grants potent, decades-long monopoly protection for "original works of authorship." 17 U.S.C. § 102 (a). The question in this case is whether that protection extends to the annotations *1504 contained in Georgia's official annotated code.
We hold that it does not. Over a century ago, we recognized a limitation on copyright protection for certain government work product, rooted in the Copyright Act's "authorship" requirement. Under what has been dubbed the government edicts doctrine, officials empowered to speak with the force of law cannot be the authors of-and therefore cannot…
Also in this document: Dissent · Thomas; Dissent · Ginsburg.
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