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High Court Hands Fox Copyright Defeat


— June 2, 2003

“In a major narrowing of the Lanham Act, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously that the law allows the copying of public domain material without giving credit to its source,” Law.com reports here. You can read the unanimous opinion, authored by Justice Scalia, here: Dastar Corp v. 20th Century Fox Film Corp.


“In a major narrowing of the Lanham Act, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously that the law allows the copying of public domain material without giving credit to its source,” Law.com reports here. You can read the unanimous opinion, authored by Justice Scalia, here: Dastar Corp v. 20th Century Fox Film Corp.

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