Pod Bites Episode 7 - Can States Copyright Annotations to Their Statutory Codes by NYIPLA

Pod Bites Episode 7 - Can States Copyright Annotations to Their Statutory Codes

In this podcast, Reece Brassler and Erol Akpinar of the NYIPLA Copyright Law & Practice Committee discuss the recent Supreme Court decision rendering the annotations of the statutory provisions in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated ineligible for copyright protection. In arriving at its decision, the Supreme Court grappled with the Government Edicts Doctrine, what constitutes the “force of law,” and the importance of public access to statutory annotations.