Respondent Supports Georgia’s Certiorari Bid In Government Edicts Copyright Suit

Mealey's (May 15, 2019, 8:40 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — While stating that it “adamantly defends” the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ finding that the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) is not copyrightable, a legislative resources website operator in a May 10 respondent brief asks the U.S. Supreme Court to grant a petition for certiorari by the state of Georgia to clarify application of the government edicts doctrine in the area of copyright law (Georgia, et al. v. Public.Resource.Org Inc., No. 18-1150, U.S. Sup.)....