Split 5th Circuit Panel Says Publisher Can Copy Legal Codes Copyrighted In Canada

(July 18, 2024, 10:08 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A split panel of the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals reversed a Texas federal judge’s grant of summary judgment against a publishing company accused by a Canadian developer of legal standards and codes of copying and republishing complete versions of the codes, saying that the codes are effectively “law” in Canada and that law is copyable....