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Feist Publications Inc v Rural Telephone Service Co

499 U.S. 340 (1991)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtUS Supreme Court
Year1991
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Copyright subsists only where there is a modicum of originality/creativity; bare facts and uncreative compilations thereof are not copyrightable.

Key Principle

Copyright requires a modicum of creativity; facts and compilations of facts arranged without originality are not copyrightable.

Area of Law

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