5th Circuit Issues Updated Opinion In Copyright Row Over Canadian Legal Codes

(August 14, 2024, 10:39 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued a new version of a July opinion in which it reversed a Texas federal judge’s grant of summary judgment against a publisher accused by a Canadian developer of legal codes and standards of illegally republishing complete versions of the code because the code is effectively uncopyrightable “law” in Canada, removing a reference to the developer referring to itself as a government agency....

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