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The Ninth Circuit Tries to Clarify the Murky Law of Copyright Preemption

August 26, 2011
Author(s): John A. Chatowski, Robert A. Weikert

The authors review a recent Ninth Circuit ruling on copyright preemption, suggesting that it might expand both the rights of authors and screenwriters and the liability of studios and publishers of copyrighted works.
Reproduced with permission from BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 82 PTCJ 583, 08/26/2011. Copyright © 2011 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com

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