Add to ORKGThe Eighth Circuit recently held that Mead Data Central infringed West Publishing\u27s copyright by using page numbers from West\u27s case reporters in its computer-assisted legal research system, LEXIS. Mead Data Central intended to insert West\u27s page numbers in its case database so that LEXIS users could have pinpoint citations to pages in West\u27s case reporters. The author examines the opinion in detail, concluding that the court\u27s decision stretched copyright protection too far. The author maintains that the unfortunate result of West Publishing Co. v. Mead Data Central should be changed through judicial action or legislative amendment to the Copyright Act. In addition, the author suggests other remedies, such as inventing an al...
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The issue dealt with in this amici curiae brief is the judicial ability (or inability) to take away ...
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In the recent British Horseracing Board case, the English High Court signaled a return to the sweat...
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